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Zee appoints eOne, Discovery alum

India’s Zee Entertainment Enterprises has named a former Discovery Networks Europe and Passion Distribution exec as its head of European sales syndication.

Janice Strangward

Janice Strangward

Janice Strangward, who has also held roles at Entertainment One and Al Jazeera Media Network, will be based in London.

Sunita Uchil, chief business officer for international ad sales, global syndication and production at Zee, said Strangward was “ideally placed to lead our European growth strategy.”

She added: “The Zee library contains many top-rating and award-winning local formats. Janice will work on adapting these for the European market. She will also lead our coproduction strategy in the region.”

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Strangward spent 11 years at Discovery Networks Europe, rising to become regional programme sales director. She most recently managed programme sales across Europe on behalf of Al Jazeera.

The company is preparing to launch free-to-air entertainment channel Zee One in Germany in July and was at MipTV last month selling thousands of hours of programming including a homegrown dance format.

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