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EXCLUSIVE: JC Mills, President and Head of Content astatine Property Brothers producer Cineflix Productions, is leaving nan business aft six years.
Mills joined nan company, which besides makes History’s American Pickers, successful 2020 and nan company’s co-founders Glen Salzman and Katherine Buck said he had made an “extraordinary contribution” to nan patient and played a “pivotal role” successful bringing hundreds of hours of programming to life.
Mills is simply a well-liked and well-known fig successful nan unscripted community, having antecedently been a purchaser astatine Nat Geo and an supplier astatine ICM Partners earlier becoming President and General Manager of Glass Entertainment Group.
He will proceed to exec nutrient Cineflix’s slate of shows for The History Channel including History’s Greatest Picks when he leaves astatine nan extremity of August. Piers Vellacott, who is Chief Commercial Officer, Content, will oversee nan improvement and accumulation slates successful nan U.S. and UK arsenic it searches for a imaginative exec to subordinate nan team.
During his clip astatine Cineflix, he worked connected shows including American Pickers and Mayday: Air Crash Investigation, which became a deed connected YouTube, arsenic good arsenic premium documentaries including Nancy Buirski’s Oscar-shortlisted Desperate Souls, Dark City, and nan Legend of Midnight Cowboy and Summer Qamp.
He revealed his exit to unit successful an soul statement to colleagues, seen by Deadline.
“After a awesome woody of reflection, I’ve decided that nan clip is correct for maine to move connected from my domiciled arsenic Cineflix Productions’ President and Head of Content. I’m handing complete nan reins of this successful section pinch a rock-solid accumulation and improvement slate that stretches from LA to London successful summation to breathtaking soon-to-be-announced renewals,” he wrote. “As of September 1st, I will beryllium executive producing Cineflix’s History Channel slate of shows, which couldn’t make maine happier—being astatine nan forefront of these shows, supported by immoderate of nan champion creatives successful nan business… This wasn’t an easy decision, but it feels for illustration nan earthy adjacent measurement aft an bonzer six year-plus tally starring this team.”
He added that he is “incredibly proud of nan teams crossed nan institution that person developed, pitched, and produced hundreds of hours of programming successful an progressively difficult commissioning landscape”.
Salzman and Buck added, “We would for illustration to convey JC for nan bonzer publication he has made to Cineflix since joining successful 2020. JC has played a pivotal domiciled successful bringing hundreds of hours of premium programming to life—content that has resonated pinch audiences astir nan world and garnered nickname done renewals, property accolades, grant distinctions, and show selections. We are pleased that JC will stay arsenic an executive shaper connected our History Channel slate.”
“Looking ahead, we are evolving our model to position nan institution for maturation and success. This caller building will fortify our position arsenic an eager contented institution and alteration america to enactment agile, competitive, and focused connected semipermanent sustainability successful an evolving industry,” nan brace added.
