David Nevins has a brand contemporary role at ViacomCBS. The longtime Showtime chief will now oversee scripted originals for streaming service Paramount+.
Nevins will support his Showtime title nonetheless will step down from his role as chief ingenious officer at CBS.
Nevins’ contemporary role comes amid a broader reorganization in ViacomCBS’ streaming government constructing, led by the division’s chief government Tom Ryan. Wednesday’s reorganization used to be preceded by Julie McNamara’s exit earlier this month as head of originals for Paramount+. Final week, any other top digital government, Christy Tanner, exited as successfully.
Additionally, Tanya Giles used to be named to the newly created role of chief programming officer for streaming. The dilapidated MTV Leisure Community government will likely be tasked with shepherding ViacomCBS’ whole streaming programming technique that involves Pluto TV.
“Tanya is a stellar media government who brings a deep familiarity with our brands and audiences, as well to an unmatched skill for harnessing recordsdata to determine on up high-impact programming choices,” Ryan acknowledged. “Our narrate material leaders know their genres better than anybody and decide up been integral to constructing a stable slate for Paramount+ and rising its target audience. Our contemporary constructing will allow us to tap into their collective skills rather more successfully, extra cementing Paramount+ as a real excellent service that delivers the narrate material audiences love, all in a single blueprint.”
As TheWrap previously reported, Paramount Television Studios’ president Nicole Clemens will add the title of president of Paramount+ usual scripted sequence, where she’ll file to Nevins. She’ll soundless file to Paramount Photos chairman Jim Gianopulos on the studio aspect.
As phase of the restructure, ViacomCBS will likely be giving its unusual top executives — including Gianopulos, George Cheeks, Chris McCarthy and Brian Robbins — expanded duties for Paramount+. Here is a short rundown of everybody’s contemporary roles.
- George Cheeks, President and Chief Govt Officer, CBS, will also lend a hand as Chief Grunt Officer, News & Sports, Paramount+.
- Jim Gianopulos, Chairman and Chief Govt Officer, Paramount Photos, will also lend a hand as Chief Grunt Officer, Movies, Paramount+.
- Bruce Gillmer, President of Song, Song Abilities, Programming & Events, will also lend a hand as Chief Grunt Officer, Song, Paramount+.
- Chris McCarthy, President, MTV Leisure Community, will also lend a hand as Chief Grunt Officer, Unscripted Leisure and Adult Animation, Paramount+.
- Brian Robbins, President, Early life & Household Leisure, will also lend a hand as Chief Grunt Officer, Early life & Household, Paramount+, to blame for rising the worldwide portfolio of the fleshy differ of live-proceed and interesting teens & family programming – every episodic and movie – on Paramount+, constructing on what is among the many preferred narrate material on the service.
Every will decide up greenlight authority internal their respective genres.
“The stable delivery and early months of Paramount+ decide up demonstrated the vitality and capability of our platform, as well to audiences’ appetite for a immense and diverse array of narrate material, all in a single blueprint,” Bob Bakish, president and CEO of ViacomCBS, acknowledged in an announcement. “The strikes we’re making this present day will velocity up that mission by hanging ViacomCBS’ most highly effective resources – world-class narrate material, iconic brands, global infrastructure and skills, and the most straight forward skill in the industry this present day – at the abet of our platforms as we pursue the worldwide opportunity in streaming. Collectively, our leaders will decide up sure we’re turning in to audiences the very easiest our streaming platforms have to offer, with have to-glimpse narrate material all over every genre and market we characteristic in.”
