People moves: Disney hires new format development exec

Disney-ABC International Television has appointed Naomi Joseph as executive director of format development for Europe, Middle East and Africa.

January 22, 2008

Disney-ABC International Television has appointed Naomi Joseph as executive director of format development for Europe, Middle East and Africa.

In this role, Joseph will be responsible for the local production of Disney-ABC International Television’s reality and entertainment formats, and the reversioning of its scripted series in the EMEA. Joseph will work closely with Disney-ABC International Television’s sales team in the region.

Joseph joins Disney from FremantleMedia, where she was executive VP of worldwide drama and headed up the development, sales and executive production of Fremantle’s dramas.

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