A+E Networks hires global head of formats


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Gabriel Miramar-Garcia

| 05 April 2016




Content giant A+E Networks has bolstered its global formats team with the hire of Hayley Babcock as head of formats, international programming and production.



Hayley BabcockBabcock will liaise with programming leads at A+E Networks’ domestic brands to identify and source formats for the international marketplace. Babcock will also work closely with all facets of the international formats team - including business affairs, marketing, publicity and research - to support the sales process and oversee the productions of A+E formats worldwide.

In a previous role at FOX, Babcock built a format production division from the ground up. She went on to Sony Pictures Television, where she ran the international format productions and worked on strategic creative development across the global group of companies.

“Adding an executive with Haley’s pedigree is a huge win for the A+E formats team,” said Amanda Hill, chief creative officer, International, A+E Networks. “Hayley is a savvy business executive with a proven track record in building brands, managing IP and guiding the production of formats around the globe.”