Jeff Siegel Appointed Vice President Of Home Entertainment In The Americas

FremantleMedia Enterprises has announced the appointment of Jeff Siegel to the position of Vice President, Home Entertainment, the Americas.
In this position, Siegel will manage FremantleMedia’s current home entertainment catalog in the Americas and maximize opportunities for the company’s deep proprietary library. He will also be charged with identifying and exploiting digital download opportunities with appropriate partners. Siegel will be based in New York and report directly to Ellender, who is based in London.
“FremantleMedia has a treasure trove of proprietary content and we think there is a great opportunity to grow our business throughout the Americas,” commented David Ellender. “Jeff has a proven history of developing great DVD titles while at MTV and we’re looking forward to his fresh outlook when it comes to our titles.”
Prior to joining FremantleMedia, Siegel was the Senior Director, Home Entertainment Worldwide for MTV Networks. While at MTV, he led global product lines and digital video downloads for MTV, MTV2, VH1, CMT and Logo developing three of the Top 20 selling TV DVD’s with Newlyweds, Laguna Beach and Beavis and Butt-Head. Siegel was also involved in the creation of the award-winning Aeon Flux DVD. Prior to this, Siegel held senior positions at New Video Group and MPI Home Video.
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