Anne Mensah has mentioned she has unfinished enterprise at Netflix amid hypothesis linking her to the BBC content material chief position vacated by Charlotte Moore.
Netflix’s UK VP of content material advised The Sunday Instances over the weekend that she was unlikely to return to the BBC, the place she was beforehand head of impartial drama commissioning.
Requested if she may very well be tempted into changing Moore, Mensah mentioned: “No. I imply, I’m all the time tempted to return to the BBC because it’s good, however the job [at Netflix] right here isn’t accomplished but. I’ve nonetheless bought extra to do.”
Her feedback come after Deadline reported final week that Mensah had met with Tim Davie, the director common of the BBC, in regards to the emptiness. We famous that sources have been unsure about Mensah’s urge for food for the position and willingness to take a pay lower.
Mensah is adored by her superiors at Netflix after delivering a string of hits, together with Adolescence, Child Reindeer, and The Gents.
A number of business sources advised Deadline that the sector of contenders for the BBC position has narrowed, with three executives mentioned to be frontrunners for the most important inventive job in British TV, audio, and streaming.
They’re: Kate Phillips, the BBC’s unscripted boss and interim chief content material officer; Patrick Holland, Banijay UK’s government chairman; and BBC Studios Productions CEO Zai Bennett.
Moore will exit New Broadcasting Home on the finish of this month. She is becoming a member of Left Financial institution Photos as CEO in September. She may also oversee worldwide inventive output for Sony Photos Tv.
