SPT ups channel development chief

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has promoted Kate Marsh to senior VP for broadcast and channel development within the company’s networks division.

Marsh, previously VP for brand partnerships and channel development EMEA, joined SPT in September 2008 and reports to Ross Hair, executive VP for international networks.

In her expanded role, Marsh will focus on developing the performance of SPT’s channel portfolio across EMEA, which comprises the Sony Entertainment Television, AXN and Animax brands.

Hair said: “Kate has that rare mix of pay-TV skills that incorporates both creative and commercial expertise. Her talent for developing the performance of our pay-TV channels portfolio has been central to the ongoing success of our business, particularly in Italy.”

Marsh joined SPT from GroupM, where she had been director of entertainment for EMEA since 2006, responsible for developing content services in the region for and on behalf of the group’s media agencies and their advertising clients.