SBS loses another key exec as Peter Newman moves to WTFN

SBS has lost another key executive with the shift of Peter Newman to production company WTFN. Newman’s departure follows the exit of Mark Fairhurst to Eye Corp, announced last week.

Newman, who was head of production and development, takes on the same role at WTFN. His first duties include the fourth series of Bondi Vet and a new series featuring Tony Robinson.

The news comes just four months after Newman was promoted from commissioning editor of documentaries at SBS.

Newman is credited with the success of SBS’s Go Back To Where You Came From, which launched this winter.