Spain’s fast-growing Secuoya Studios has tapped seasoned Sony Photos Tv Worldwide exec Brendan Fitzgerald for the newly-created place of CEO. His most up-to-date place as SPTI’s senior VP of worldwide English-language co-productions makes him the right match for the corporate’s lofty ambitions.  

Fitzgerald’s appointment coincides with the third anniversary of Secuoya Studios and the world premiere of their most bold present so far, “Zorro,” which, after its Jan. 19 Prime Video premiere within the Americas, begins streaming Jan. 25 in Spain, Portugal and Andorra via Prime Video Spain.

Mediawan Rights, which handles the worldwide distribution of “Zorro,” has offered broadcast rights to M6 Groupe of France, Mediaset Italy, TVM Belgium and RTL Hungary with extra gross sales information to be introduced in subsequent weeks.

“For Secuoya Content material Group, it’s a privilege to have Brendan Fitzgerald’s background and expertise on the helm of Secuoya Studios, a number one participant within the Spanish and worldwide movie and TV business,” stated Raúl Berdonés, CEO of dad or mum firm, Secuoya Content material Group.

“His appointment reaffirms our dedication to content material, expertise promotion and the event of a robust, fast-paced and aggressive business,” he added.

Fitzgerald, who is predicated in Madrid and fluent in a number of languages, commented: “Secuoya brings collectively quite a few aspects that make it stand out available in the market. The corporate has a steadiness and dedication to leisure in all its kinds, and I imagine it’s higher ready than most to adapt to adjustments available in the market and in client behaviour within the quick and medium time period.”

Additionally serving because the honorary president of the Spain Movie Fee since final yr, Fitzgerald brings to the desk a deep expertise within the improvement, manufacturing and launch of prime time and OTT collection within the U.S., Latin America, Spain and Italy, in addition to a wealth of expertise in creating and monetizing cross-cultural enterprise alternatives.

“Brendan’s in depth worldwide profession, coupled together with his Hollywood connections and substantial expertise in working with main studios, might be a worthwhile asset to Secuoya, because the studio actively pursues its bold growth technique,” stated James Costos, president of Secuoya Studios.

Secuoya Studios introduced Fitzgerald’s appointment because it gears as much as attend Content material Americas, the place Berdones and Pierluigi Gazzolo, CEO of ViX, will ship a keynote on the tendencies, challenges and alternatives introduced by the Latin American and Spanish-language TV scene. 

The corporate is growing greater than 20 tasks in all its areas of content material (restricted collection, long-running collection, movie and unscripted) for the worldwide market.

Included in its slate are two new tasks with the manufacturing firm of William Levy (“Montecristo”): the historic collection “Los 39” and an adaptation of author Javier Cercas’ “Terra Alta”; an adaptation of Turkish telenovela hit “Courageous and Stunning,” in addition to the film “Padres,” in collaboration with Eduardo Campoy’s Álamo Producciones Audiovisuales, and the Spanish model of the worldwide docu-reality “Who Bares Wins.”