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EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate‘s world TV acquisitions main Noel Hedges is leaving nan U.S. workplace aft 8 years.
Hedges exited Lionsgate’s UK agency precocious past year, and announced his charismatic departure coming connected LinkedIn.
“After 8 awesome years astatine Entertainment One and Lionsgate – and pinch immense acknowledgment to nan superb teams I’ve worked pinch on nan measurement – I wrapped up astatine nan extremity of November and americium stepping into thing new,” he wrote.
“The media scenery is changing fast, and whilst that brings its challenges, nan caller ways contented is being created, financed and consumed bring their ain energy. From nan conversations I’ve already started having, it feels for illustration an breathtaking infinitesimal to beryllium open, funny and affirmative astir what comes next.”
Hedges is among nan astir well-known world acquisitions executives connected nan circuit. He has been Executive VP of Acquisitions and Co-productions successful Lionsgate’s world TV section since nan U.S. workplace acquired Entertainment One from Hasbro successful December 2023.
During his clip astatine Lionsgate/eOne, Hedges oversaw acquisitions for nan likes of critically acclaimed Australian play bid The Newsreader, Canadian ineligible play Family Law and nan Sheridan Smith-starring 5 play Teacher.
Before Lionsgate, he had a akin title astatine eOne, and besides had an EVP of Content domiciled astatine UK-based supplier DRG, whose contented is now portion of All3Media.
Further back, Hedges was SVP of Acquisitions for Canada’s Cineflix Media and Head of Acquisitions for Shine International, nan world limb of nan Liz Murdoch-owned indie accumulation group that was sold to Endemol. Having begun his profession successful business affairs for nan BBC, he besides had an eleven-year spell arsenic ITV Studios, joining arsenic a Senior Sales Executive and rising to an L.A.-based SVP, Sales and Acquisitions for nan Americas role.
Hedges’ departure comes a period aft Deadline revealed reality TV pioneer Craig Piligian was exiting Lionsgate Alternative Media and Piligian Media Group. Back successful September 2025, we besides were first pinch nan news that Lionsgate was reducing its wide headcount by 5%, a information of layoffs that came connected apical of different of 8%. Media and intermezo companies astir nan world person been tightening belts complete nan past mates of years.
