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EXCLUSIVE: Family Face Off shaper Acclaimed Content has hired nan Kalel Productions‘ exec who oversaw nan improvement of a Channel 4 doc that featured a concealed AI host.
The prosecute of Kieran McCarthy arsenic Director of Development comes arsenic nan Birmingham, UK-based Acclaimed seeks to standard crossed digital, broadcast and branded content.
McCarthy oversaw a slate of shows astatine Kalel arsenic Creative Director of Development, astir notably Channel 4’s Will AI Take My Job?, presented by Aisha Gaban, a female presenter generated by an AI machine. The show had nan manufacture talking astir prompted Channel 4 to vow to effort akin on-air experiments.
Anton Inwood, co-founder of Acclaimed, said McCarthy’s “track grounds successful creating standout formats and expertize crossed broadcast and integer make him nan cleanable personification to drive” nan company’s “next shape of growth.”
“His assignment will supercharge our imaginative activity arsenic we build bold, unique actual formats and attention-grabbing bid that link pinch audiences crossed broadcast, streaming and societal platforms.”
McCarthy, who was antecedently Director of Development astatine All3Media-owned True North, will oversee Acclaimed improvement slate, building caller IP and identifying opportunities crossed mediums, including branded content. He will study to Inwood and Acclaimed’s different co-founder, Ché Chumber.
Acclaimed is known for youth-skewing shows, moving pinch starring creators specified arsenic Niko, Chunkz and Aitch and nan UK networks. It has produced shows programs specified arsenic Channel 4’s Untold: Undercover Working Holidays: Stranded successful Paradise, Chris Ramsey’s Alternative Christmas Guide and Channel 4.0 shows Family Face Off and Alone-ish pinch Nella Rose, and BBC Three’s Queen of Trucks. Its shows person a mixed 20 cardinal views online.
“I’m a immense instrumentality of what Anton and Ché person achieved truthful far, building a genuinely forward-thinking and imaginative accumulation workplace proudly based successful nan regions,” said McCarthy. “With immoderate awesome wins already nether their belt, I can’t hold to get stuck successful and bring my format pedigree to 1 of nan astir breathtaking young indies retired location successful nan UK, arsenic we boldly tackle an breathtaking caller era for UK content.”
