Industry Moves: Paramount Appoints Digital SVP

Movie studio Paramount, part of Viacom, has appointed former Microsoft exec Derek Broes as the SVPof its new-ish digital unit Paramount Digital Entertainment (PDE). Broes will be SVP, Worldwide Business Development…in the newly created position, Broes, who will report to Thomas Lesinski, president of PDE, will be responsible for “identifying new business opportunities to distribute Paramount Pictures content on broadband and mobile platforms.”
At Microsoft, Broes was the Senior Director, Global Wireless Strategy and Business Development. In this capacity, he helped launch the Verizon VCAST service. he also served as Director of Strategy and Strategic Relations for Microsoft’s Windows division.

Comments have been disabled for this post