{"id":685756,"date":"2026-06-05T10:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T10:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/685756\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T10:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T10:16:09","slug":"bbc-studios-sends-karl-warner-to-l-a-for-global-formats-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/685756\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Studios Sends Karl Warner To L.A. For Global Formats Role"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBBC Studios<\/a> has forged a newly-created global formats role for Karl Warner<\/a> in L.A.<\/p>\n

\n\tWarner is relocating to the U.S. and being tasked with \u201cidentifying, partnering with, and scaling the next generation of creator led IP for global television formats\u201d in an EVP, Global Creator Partnerships & Creative Development post, for which he will report to productions boss Zai Bennett. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe former Channel 4 digital chief joined BBC Studios two years back<\/a> as Executive Vice President of UK Entertainment and Digital Development.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe idea is for him to identify IP and act as a bridge between the UK and global productions labels across unscripted. He will develop co-created IP and adapt formats for global audiences, while working closely with creator incubator TalentWorks and its chief Helen O\u2019Donnell. The move feeds into Bennett\u2019s attempts to think more globally having recently combined\u00a0production and sales under a BBC Studios Global Content unit.<\/p>\n

\n\tBBC Studios Entertainment Productions boss Suzy Lamb will take on his UK development remit and look after BBC Studios\u2019 trio of entertainment labels in the UK. <\/p>\n

\n\tWarner joins Mark Linsey, who works for BBC Studios on the scripted side in L.A., along with pre-existing BBC Studios U.S. teams. He is a former head of youth at Channel 4 and has also run production companies. <\/p>\n

\n\tBennett said: \u201cTogether, Suzy and\u00a0Karl\u00a0will help drive our creative ambitions and open new opportunities across markets and platforms.\u00a0Karl\u2019s new role is an important step in how we evolve our creative organisation and engage more deeply with the creator economy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BBC Studios has forged a newly-created global formats role for Karl Warner in L.A. Warner is relocating to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":685757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[75380,88,298118,92],"class_list":["post-685756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-bbc-studios","tag-entertainment","tag-karl-warner","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/685757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}