Foxtel names lifestyle group GM

Australia’s largest pay TV platform, Foxtel, has named a veteran magazine publisher as the general manager of its lifestyle group.

Wendy Moore

Wendy Moore will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of Foxtel brands Lifestyle, Lifestyle Home and Lifestyle Food across streaming, broadcast and digital.

In addition to overseeing Foxtel Original lifestyle shows including Selling Houses Australia, Grand Designs Australia, Love it Or List it, Great Australian Bake Off and Gogglebox Australia, she will take charge of international acquisitions to stream on Foxtel.

Moore spent the past 12 years at Seven West Media’s Pacific Magazines, where she led the growth and development of brands such as Home Beautiful and Better Homes & Gardens as general manager of homes and food. She takes over from Hannah Barnes, who departed last October.

Brian Walsh, Foxtel’s executive director of TV, said: “We waited to get the leader we wanted to take the brand forward and Wendy is key to that ambition. I know that she will bring to the table an incredible wealth of lifestyle insight and knowledge, making her the ideal person to breathe new life into our Lifestyle group while maintaining the unique qualities that makes Lifestyle so loved by our viewers.”

She will start on April 29, reporting to Stephen Baldwin, director of Foxtel networks and on demand.