Foxtel appoints Head of Premium Entertainment

Foxtel’s Creative Director of Movies and Drama, Graham Burrells, has been appointed to the new position of Head of Premium Entertainment.

To include oversee drama channels showcase and SoHo, The Comedy Channel and the recently announced BoxSets, the division includes:

Sarah Frazer – Head of Programming, Premium Entertainment
Fraser Stark – Group Operations Manager, Premium Entertainment
Mikki Katz – Group Creative Director, Premium Entertainment

Burrells first joined Foxtel in 1995 as Creative Director and returned as Channel Manager of The Comedy Channel and FOX Classics in 2002 after working at BSKYB in the UK as Creative Director for Sky One. He went on to become Head of Entertainment, overseeing local productions including Australia’s Next Top Model and a range of comedy and factual programming. From 2008 to 2012, he worked across Foxtel’s Olympic (Vancouver 2010 and London 2012) and Commonwealth (Delhi 2010) Games coverage as Executive in Charge of Production and Creative Director.

Foxtel Executive Director of Television Brian Walsh said “Graham has been a hugely valued executive at Foxtel since the early days of the company and this new role draws on the wealth of experience he has accrued across the creative, promotional, production and programming realms of the television business in Australia and internationally.

“The new Premium Entertainment division holds some of Foxtel’s most acclaimed and coveted programming and Graham will be responsible for maximising the full potential of our exclusive HBO deal, and the deals with our other international distributors, as well as nurturing the environment for our expanding slate of Australian dramas.”

“It’s an honour to be working on channels with the finest television drama and entertainment programming from around the world, and we have great team assembled here at Foxtel,” Burrells added.

“The announcement of BoxSets has generated a lot of excitement and it’s good to already be immersed in the creative and technical challenges of launching a unique new channel for our subscribers. I am also very keen to be renewing relationships with the comedy community.”