On the 18th of November, we were invited to the RTS-sponsored event “the Inside Voice”, a panel discussion at the BBC with the social media team behind the family favourite Saturday Night show, the Voice UK. Muki Kulhan, the Executive Digital Producer of the Voice UK chaired, while Sarah Clay, the BBC Commissioning Editor for
On the 15th of October we hosted a breakfast meeting at the stylish Sandra Blow room in the Soho Hotel with our friends at Lewis Silkin LLP. After catching up with delegates from Endemol Shine, Keshet International, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Channel 4 and many others over an elegant buffet breakfast, we sat down to discuss
Last week, the Royal Television Society held a dinner at Middle Temple for their Patrons, the Board of Trustees, and other friends of the RTS including RTS’ Bursary Students who were welcomed into the Society. John Hardie, Chairman of the RTS Board of Trustees and a Lumina Search media recruitment client, initiated the proceedings. Lumina
On the 15th of October we hosted a breakfast meeting at the stylish Sandra Blow room in the Soho Hotel with our friends at Lewis Silkin LLP. After catching up with delegates from Endemol Shine, Keshet International, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Channel 4 and many others over an elegant buffet breakfast, we sat down to discuss
Lumina is delighted to announce the placement of Shane Murphy as the Managing Director, International for Acorn Global Enterprises – a subsidiary of RLJ Entertainment. Shane has a solid background in acquisitions and development – particularly around scripted content – having previously worked as Commercial Director at Tiger Aspect and, more recently, Head of UK
Lumina was delighted to attend the Creative and Global Summits held at BAFTA Piccadilly. These impressively organised and well-attended events offered a highly stimulating programme of sessions and guest speakers. Among the vast array of panel discussions, a particular highlight was a session offering insight into the formula behind hit programs which travel internationally. As
Lumina is pleased to announce the executive placement of Phil Eade as the Global Head of Sales at Nativ. Phil has a solid background in sales, having previously worked as the Director of Global Sales and Marketing at Digimetrics. Nativ are a Media Management company, who work with multiscreen clients and manage content workflow, from
As the undisputed champion of a now well established, maturing market, YouTube has short form video well and truly under lock. Since its purchase by Google in 2006, and arguably even before that, the platform has been ubiquitous with online video. Enter Vessel, fronted by former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar and CTO Richard Tom, a platform looking to be
Lumina is pleased to have sponsored this year’s Bernard Happé Lecture, a benefit event conducted by Medicinema and BKSTS. The event, which took place on Monday 2nd March 2015 at Medicinema in Guys Hospital, London Bridge featured Sir Christopher Frayling as the speaker. Frayling, a leading arts writer, critic and broadcaster, who, as the former Chair of Arts Council England, was recently knighted for his “services to art
Lumina is pleased to announce the placement of Duncan Hooper as Editor in Chief, Digital Platforms for French multiplatform news service Euronews. He joins from MSN, where he was a Managing Editor. Euronews is the most watched news channel in Europe, watched in 400 million homes across 13 languages. The service is available across all