Endemol Shine Australia\u00a0has hired Los Angeles-based Dan Cazzola to serve as\u00a0senior vice president, development, amid a push to expand its international reach. <\/p>\n
Reporting to creative director\u00a0Elliot Spencer, Cazzola will spearhead the growth of the Banijay-backed company\u2019s English-language originals slate for the US and global market, charged with developing \u201cbig, bold and dynamic\u201d IP. <\/p>\n
The Endemol Shine Australia slate includes Married At First Sight Australia,\u00a0MasterChef Australia,\u00a0and\u00a0LEGO Masters Australia,\u00a0The Summit,\u00a0Love Triangle,\u00a0Family Food Fight\u00a0 and scripted drama NCIS: Sydney.<\/p>\n
Most recently Cazzola was a consultant for Yes Yes Media, a company backed by Elisabeth Murdoch\u2019s Sister Group, working across the US and UK development and strategic growth initiatives.<\/p>\n
He has previously served as SVP, unscripted development at Endemol Shine North America, during which time he developed and sold series such as\u00a0Deal or No Deal Island\u00a0and\u00a0Hot Wheels:Ultimate Challenge,\u00a0Foodtastic and\u00a0Domino Challenge, and oversaw US adaptations of Banijay Entertainment formats such as\u00a0LEGO Masters\u00a0and\u00a0Would I Lie To You?\u00a0.<\/p>\n
\u201cESA\u2019s track record of building defining versions of multi territory, global formats and original IP that travels, is thanks to the world\u2011class talent we attract,\u201d said Endemol Shine Australia CEO Peter Newman. <\/p>\n
\u201cDan\u2019s exceptional creative vision and proven ability for working with broadcast partners to deliver major original series makes him an\u00a0outstanding\u00a0addition to the team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cazzola said the company had \u201cthe best creative team in the business\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve always admired the work they do. Being back at Banijay and working with ESA on their ambitious growth strategy in the US and internationally to build standout original content is incredibly exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Endemol Shine Australia\u00a0has hired Los Angeles-based Dan Cazzola to serve as\u00a0senior vice president, development, amid a push to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,271772,271773,44],"class_list":["post-549393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-dan-cazzola","tag-endemol-shine-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}