Nick Ower (left) and Tom Miyauchi
Japanese media firm Nippon TV is rising its Los Angeles presence with the appointment of Nick Ower, the previous director of growth at ITV Leisure, as director of unscripted growth and gross sales.
Ower might be charged with rising the attain of Nippon TV’s format catalogue, in addition to discovering US and worldwide companions for authentic tasks developed through subsidiary Gyokuro Studio.
He’ll report back to Tom Miyauchi, who relocated to California a 12 months in the past to launch and head the LA outpost, centered on driving gross sales of content material and IP within the US and Latin America.
Throughout his time at ITV Leisure, Ower labored on adapting worldwide codecs for the US market and growing authentic content material. Throughout an eight-year stint at ITV Leisure, he contributed to growth on tasks together with Peacock’s Love Island Video games and Love Island: Past the Villa, in addition to Prime Video’s Twin Love and HBO Max’s My Mother, Your Dad.
“Nick will play a key function in strengthening our growth pipeline and deepening our partnerships throughout the area, as we proceed to broaden our presence within the international market,” stated Miyauchi.
Ower added: “By combining Nippon TV’s distinct artistic spirit with a pointy concentrate on worldwide scalability, I look ahead to working with companions throughout the Americas to create high-impact content material designed to resonate with audiences worldwide.”