Fremantle Media bolsters exec team

Tim Burrowes

November 2, 2009 11:02

Fremantle Media has appointed former Network Ten executive Tim Clucas to the new role of director of programming, as the company gears up to go head to head with Elisabeth Murdoch’s soon-to-be launched Shine TV production group.

Australian Idol Clucas, who joined Fremantle Media today (November 2), will oversee the creation of new TV formats, the strategic development of its core business, as well as looking at opportunities available in new media.

His appointment follows news in April that Mark and Carl Fennessy, Fremantle Media CEO and chief operating officer respectively, would defect to rival Shine for its launch in Australia next year.

Ian Hogg has since stepped in to take on the role of CEO at Fremantle Media.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.