Fox International Channels Promotes Jesus Perezagua and Jason Thorp

Fox International Channels (FIC) has announced the promotion of Jesus Perezagua to President, FIC Europe & Africa.

Mr. Perezagua, who is widely credited with spearheading the growth of FIC's business in Europe into the most profitable among its global peers, will add 15 TV channels and online businesses in the UK and Africa to his oversight, and will be tasked with further integrating and building FIC’s businesses in the region.

Jesus Perezagua

He will continue to be based in Amsterdam and report to Hernan Lopez, CEO of Fox International Channels and National Geographic Channels International.

"Consolidating our strong operations in Europe and the additional resources allocated to Africa are key to sustaining and invigorating our growth in these regions," said Perezagua. "I am thrilled to lead FIC’s extraordinary group of executives as we build on our first class TV channels and services to become the leading international TV group in the region."　

Perezagua has been with the company since 2003 when he was appointed Managing Director of FIC Iberia. Since 2005, he has directed the expansion of Fox International Channels across Eastern and Central Europe, Turkey and Greece.

Lopez also announced the appointment of Jason Thorp to EVP of Content, FIC Europe & Africa. Thorp will relocate to Rome, reporting to Perezagua. In his role, he will oversee FIC's pan-European programming acquisitions, production and strategy, working closely with the programming teams in each of the countries as well as with the global development and acquisitions team in Los Angeles and London.

"Owning our own content is crucial in growing the FIC business, and we now have real scale to bring to bear in that respect," said Thorp. "A unified approach across Europe will give us the clout we need to make a big difference quickly."

Jason Throp

Thorp joined FIC in 2003 and has been credited with turning the FX channel in the UK into one of the most successful and best-positioned entertainment brands in the market. He will maintain his responsibility for the UK business.

"Jesus is an outstanding executive with great business acumen and a proven track record. Jason is one of the most talented content-oriented executives in all of FIC, " said CEO Lopez. "As FIC looks to expand in Europe, own more content worldwide, and build a new growth engine in Africa, I am thrilled to count on their help in this new stage of our business."



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Camelot coming to Fox Entertainment from 18 October.

Fox Entertainment (HiTV 015/TopTV 180/MyTV 002/Zuku) has scored the first-run pay TV broadcasting rights to the lavish, big-budget TV drama Camelot with Joseph Fiennes as Merlin Jamie Campbell Bower as Arthur and Eva Green as Morgan with Fox Entertainment planning to start broadcasting Camelot from Tuesday 18 October in Africa.

Camelot is now the latest hot show going to a Fox, following big-buzz dramas The Walking Dead, Falling Skies and quite posibly, also soon the new Dallas.

The big-budget Camelot telling the tale of a young Arthur who's not yet King Arthur, was filmed on location in Ireland. The terrific adult drama filled with sex, sword-fighting, sorcery, comedy and excellent production values started on the Starz channel in America in February. The first season of Camelot retelling the Arthurian legend with several mysteries, twists and fascinating plot developments besides some quite breathtaking scenery has 10 episodes.

Due to hefty production hurdles, the ambitious show announced at the end of June that there won't be a second season of Camelot although the show started off strong and viewership went up s the season concluded its last episodes. ''Due to significant production challenges, Starz has decided not to exercise the option for subsequent seasons of Camelot with our production partners GK-tv, Octagon Films and Take 5 Productions,'' the production said in a statement.

The elaborate costumes, props and magnificent sets of Camelot contributing to the million dollar per episode budget, as well as the intricate scheduling conflicts amongst some of the show's main stars, led Starz to throw in the towel. Camelot is however definitely worth watching.


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Steven Spielberg's new Falling Skies lands on Fox Entertainment July 4th.

The new highly anticipated Steven Spielberg drama Falling Skies starting in Africa on Fox Entertainment (HiTV Channel15 /MyTV Africa/ Zuku TV /Top TV) on Monday 4 July at 7:15pm (Nigerian time) is an out-the-box TV hit in America where the first two hour premiere Sunday had a record viewership.

Falling Skies had 5,9 million viewers Sunday night in America which makes it the most-watched start of any TV show this year on a pay TV channel in America, and even beating the popular The Walking Dead that started with 5,3 million viewers in America.

In Falling Skies Noah Wyle plays a dad Tom Mason in Boston who leads a group of resistance fighters after aliens have attacked and invaded Earth while he's looking for his one son who has been ''altered'' by the aliens looking for teenagers. African viewers will only be three episodes behind America with Falling Skies that will have a definite full first season of 10 episodes.

Fox Africa's "The Booth At The End" promo clip.

In exactly 3 weeks and 2 days Fox will be bringing you the globally anticipated psychological thriller, The Booth At The End.....How Far would you go to get what you want?

Starts 1 April on Fox Entertainment Africa (HiTV Channel 14,Zuku Kenya and Top TV South Africa).

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PROGRAMMING NOTE:The Booth at the End coming to FOX Entertainment Africa

An interesting, interactive TV puzzle is coming to FOX African viewers from 1 April every night when The Booth at the End will start on Fox Entertainment (HiTV Channel 14) that will have viewers become participants in a mystery that builds step by step as an elusive, mysterious man sets a plan in motion.

The Booth at the End will start on 1 April at 7:15pm Nigerian time with a new episode every night with The Man (Xander Berkeley) is a psychological and mysterious man that sits at the booth at the end of a diner.
People come to him with things they want: a parent with a sick child, a woman who wants to be prettier, a nun who wants to hear God again.The man can make these things happen. For a price. In exchange for what they want, these individuals must sacrifice their morals and do deeds normally inconceivable to them.
Set off a bomb. Rob a bank. Kill a child. They must return to the man and describe every step in detail.
As the characters' tasks begin to overlap, complications ensue. But the man never forces anyone to do anything. It's always up to them to start or stop with one lingering question: how far would you go to get what you want?

Visit http://thebooth.foxafrica.com/ where the special website for Africa is now active and where The Booth at the End will start on 1 April when the show ''the game'' starts.It will clearly involve Facebook and Twitter as social media as well besides just television.

''The Booth at the End is a highly anticipated new multi-platform series and we are very pleased to secure the rights for our audiences around the world,'' says Thandi Davids, director: sales and broadcast of FOX International Channels (FIC) for Africa. She says The Booth at the End has ''an intriguing and globally relevant premise.''



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The Listener comes to Africa.

A great show is coming to Fox Entertainment (HiTV Channel 15) when The Listener with Craig Olejnik as Toby Logan debuts on Saturday, 22 January at 7:15pm

This supernatural show with 13 episodes in its first season (it second season will start next month in Canada), is about a 25 year old Toby who can hear people's thoughts. Mysteriously, this telepatic paramedic in Toronto grew up without knowing his father, and bounced from foster home to foster home.

Now he cruises the street of Toronto in an ambulance with his partner Osman ''Oz'' Bey, helping people while he can hear everyone's most intimate thoughts - while piecing together his strange past with the help of detective Charlie Marks and his on-again, off again girlfriend Olivia Fawcett.

Many cool surprises are waiting in The Listener, but I won't spoil any of it. Different names, all kinds of clues, cool stories. If you like Kyle XY you'll love this show. Okay. . . I'll spoil one thing. Toby actually had to be protected and so had to be hidden away - by orders of his mother because he's special and because some people simply cannot be allowed to find . . . but I've said too much.