Foxtel’s sales boss Andrew Mulready to depart
Foxtel’s general manager of advertising sales and brand partnerships, Andrew Mulready, will leave the pay TV company next month.
Mulready has been with the company since 2009. He was previously Nine’s Sydney sales director.
“Andrew has spearheaded our advertising sales and brand partnerships division for the past ten years and, in that time, has delivered record revenues and sales integration across our suite of Foxtel Networks Australia channels,” said Foxtel’s executive director of television, Brian Walsh.
“An outstanding and loyal executive and company advocate, he has led by example and played a key role in mentoring many careers and nurturing rising talent across the whole division. The next opportunity now awaits and wherever he lands, I know Andrew will embrace the new frontier with the same vigour and commitment he has given Foxtel.”
Mulready said: “Foxtel is a company I have huge passion and love for. I leave with a sense of pride and gratitude and am excited about future opportunities and what lies ahead in the next stage of my career.
“I’m immensely proud of the growth and commercial outcomes my team and I have achieved across the last ten years. Premium revenues are now more than ten times what they were at the outset and we have forged many successful and enduring brand partnerships across this period.
“Quite simply, it’s been a magnificent journey and I am exceptionally proud of my time at Foxtel, as I am of the results my team and I have achieved together.”
It’s not yet clear who will replace Mulready.
What’s going on at Foxtel / M2M? There seems to be a constant exodus of high quality talent. Would love some in-depth reporting on this, Mumbrella…
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Congratulations Andrew on your outstanding career and amazing contribution at Foxtel. Your commercial results speak for themselves but moreover your leadership; the way you carried yourself; and led through your values had a major impact on your team and the broader company.
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The product is tired and the business model/pricing is out of whack.
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It’s not just happening at the Exec level, it is a constant revolving door at Foxtel as staff at all levels get burned and disheartened by the poor leadership and management decisions.
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One of my favourite people to work for who allowed me to do some fun and very cool work. Foxtel’s loss will be some other company’s gain.
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A true industry great and someone that passionately has taken care of his staff throughout his service.
Congratulations Andrew for everything you’ve achieved and can’t wait to see what you do next.
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Congratulations Andrew, a fantastic operator and exceptional leader. Someone who drives commercial results but also does it the right way. I know I can speak to the immense guidance and support you showed me in my career and personal life, and will always be grateful for that.
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Andrew is the consummate media professional. He has done an incredible job @Foxtel….the world is now his oyster.
God luck fella on whatever is next.
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Mark Buckman is spot on. Although to answer what is going inside Foxtel is a mess. Mark sat down with a few of our staff for a coffee 3 years ago and pretty much summed up that in a low wage growth environment whilst everything else goes up in price like electricity, consumers will be savvy with their money looking for value and innovation, the days of jacking up prices in entertainment Tv were gone. Netflix had about 1.1 million subscribers and Mark nails it be saying that some may not have even been watching a movie for a month, but 10 bucks they wont notice it from their budget…but 100 bucks plus…unless you give value and innovation then your revenue goes down the tube.
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