Fox Mobile Entertainment (FME), a division of Fox Entertainment Group
and a leading mobile content provider for wireless carriers, handset
manufacturers and consumers, today announced it has reorganized and
strengthened its leadership team to support its plan to broaden its
catalog, enhance distribution and cultivate new mobile content
offerings. The announcement was made at CTIA Wireless I.T. and
Entertainment 2008 in San Francisco, the largest wireless data event in
the industry.
Leading the reorganized FME management team is Andrew Stalbow, who has
been promoted to senior vice president of the division after serving as
vice president of International for FME located in London for the past
two years. In his new role, Stalbow will be based in Los Angeles and
will be responsible for mobile content and distribution for Fox
worldwide. He will report to Jamie Samson, executive vice president of
Business & Legal Affairs and general counsel an 18-year veteran of Fox
Filmed Entertainment. Prior to joining Fox, Stalbow served as senior
manager of Business Development for Vodafone Group where he was
responsible for negotiating multi-territory content and marketing deals
on behalf of 29 operating companies.
FME also announced that Amelia Gammon, who most recently served as
director of Mobile, International New Media and Universal Digital
Platforms for NBC Universal, will become the new vice president of
International. In this role, Gammon will be responsible for
international content distribution, licensing and marketing and will
work with publishers, carriers and OEMs. Amelia will be based in Fox’s
London office.
Further, Matt McMahon has been appointed executive director of Content
and Business Development. McMahon is responsible for managing the Company’s
relationship with MediaFLO and managing operations and development of Fox’s
WAP networks. Matt will focus on increasing and implementing business
development in North America as well as developing original content.
Previously, he served as FME’s Director of
Programming and Operations.
Additionally, Adam Wilensky, who has worked for Fox for 12 years, has
been named Director of Media and Production, and is responsible for
short-form digital content and graphics production as well as carrier
deck distribution projects such as the hugely successful ‘Family
Freakin’ Guy Channel,’
currently featured on Verizon’s V CAST service.
"I’m thrilled to
have been offered this opportunity at Fox and am very appreciative that
we have such an experienced and talented team to deliver on new content
offerings and ideas,” said Andrew Stalbow,
senior vice president of Fox Mobile Entertainment. "We
will work to create and distribute the best mobile content available
today, with an increased focus on video, both branded and original. We
are bullish about the opportunities in the market and we are looking
forward to meeting the challenge of creating compelling propositions for
consumers and fans of Fox’s biggest
properties.”
About Fox Mobile Entertainment
Fox Mobile Entertainment (FME) is a leading mobile content provider for
wireless carriers and consumers, providing mobile content in all forms
from top FOX TV shows such as 24, Prison Break, and Are You Smarter than
a 5th Grader?, and from such recent films as Juno and Horton Hears a
Who!. An industry pioneer, FME created American Idol's text-message
voting system and the now-pervasive term Mobisodes Series, defining
short episodic programming designed exclusively for mobile phones.
Additionally, the Company runs mobile video channels on all major U.S.
carriers.
Fox Mobile Entertainment, along with the Jamster/Jamba companies - a
joint venture of News Corporation (NYSE: NWS - News, NWS.A - News) and
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN - News), headquartered in Beverly Hills,
Calif., and Berlin, Germany - make up the industry's largest vertically
integrated mobile entertainment company.