ITV Studios develops team

ITV Studios America (ITVSA) has added two directors of development to the non-scripted department of its offices on the west and east coasts of the US.

Hildie Katibah

Hildie Katibah joins ITVSA in LA having previously worked at US television personality Jesse James’s prodco Payupsucker Productions, directing and exec producing series such as Outlaw Garage and Iraq Confidential.

Katibah was one of the original producers of the Discovery Channel show Monster Garage, which starred James.

Noah Korn

Meanwhile, Noah Korn, who joined the company as development co-ordinator in 2012, has been promoted to the role of director of development at its office in New York.

Bruce Robertson, ITVSA exec VP of creative strategy, heads up the team on both coasts.

Katibah and Korn will create and pitch non-scripted projects across a range of genres for all networks and continue to grow ITVSA’s development slate.

The company recently recruited a senior VP of scripted television as well as its first VP and head of digital, strategy and branded entertainment.