Lionsgate has promoted two executives, Adam Frank and Jill Anderson, to direct its transactional home enjoyment enterprise.
The move comes amid a powerful period for Lionsgate’s household amusement small business — which comprises digital offer-by way of (download-to-have), online video-on-desire and bodily media — with an market sector share of 11.9% in the 1st six months of the yr. It is the highest sixth-month share in the studio’s historical past, driven by new releases “John Wick: Chapter 4,” “Plane” and “Sisu,” as very well as library titles “Knives Out,” “Django Unchained,” “Dirty Dancing” and “Sicario.”
Frank, a 12-yr veteran of Lionsgate, has been elevated to executive VP of world wide companion administration of sales and distribution. He’ll be overseeing the company’s world-wide transactional electronic and packaged media operations and heading up sales, licensing and strategic preparing initiatives for the household enjoyment group. Frank has overseen the digital property entertainment rollouts of “The Hunger Online games,” “John Wick,” “Saw,” “Expendables” and “Now You See Me” franchises, as perfectly as Television set collection like “Mad Adult men.” Prior to his marketing, he served as senior VP of the studio’s worldwide transactional EST and VOD company. He continues to report to Lionsgate Movement Image Team president of global licensing and distribution Ron Schwartz.
Anderson, who just celebrated her 20-12 months anniversary with Lionsgate, has been promoted to head of dwelling leisure income and companion management. In her new function, she will spearhead the digital house enjoyment and packaged media profits groups and report to Frank. Her expanded obligations include things like electronic property leisure revenue of Lionsgate’s library and portfolio of manufacturers in addition to her ongoing responsibilities for overseeing packaged media product sales. She formerly served as senior VP of household leisure promote-via profits.
During her tenure, Anderson has led Lionsgate’s packaged media residence enjoyment business enterprise for the company’s premier retail accounts, controlling the packaged media releases of all key franchise and tentpole titles which include Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now,” Quentin Tarantino’s “Reservoir Canines,” Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker,” James Cameron’s “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” and Akira Kurosawa’s “Ran.”
“Our transactional residence leisure organization proceeds to thrive because of to our team’s capacity to generate bespoke windowing tactics for our theatrical releases and library titles and about-transform throughout their PVOD, transactional EST, VOD and packaged media windows,” explained Schwartz. “Adam and Jill are terribly gifted “homegrown” Lionsgate executives who are driving our transactional business to a single of its strongest performances in recent yrs. With their sturdy relationships, industry knowledge and small business acumen, they will help direct its continued advancement although capitalizing on new alternatives moving forward.”
