Zodiak Kids names first CEO

Zodiak Media has brought in an executive from ITV Studios Global Entertainment to lead its dedicated kids’ division.

Jean-Philippe Randisi will take up the newly created CEO position at Zodiak Kids later this summer, charged with coordinating the company’s approach to the children’s TV market.

Currently ITVSGE executive VP and director of consumer products, Randisi is responsible for the division’s reboot of Thunderbirds Are Go!, now in production, and its consumer products strategy.

He will take responsibility for the entire Zodiak Kids division, which consists of three production houses; Marathon Media and Tele Images in Paris, and The Foundation in the UK. He will also oversee the distribution of Zodiak Kids content in partnership with Steve Macallister.

Based in London he will report directly into the group CEO, Marc-Antoine d’Halluin. His appointment follows the departure of Zodiak UK Kids boss Nigel Pickard last month.