Screenvision, a national cinema advertising specialist, has added two account executives, Viacom veterans Bill Robinson and Lauren Treinen who will both work under the direction of Jim Tricarico, chief revenue officer. Tricarico recently joined Screenvision after 12 years heading ad sales for Nickelodeon. Prior to joining Screenvision, Robinson was sr. account manager at Viacom, where he sold MTV and VH1. He was the top billing salesman at MTV from 2003 to 2006, and supervised many of the network’s largest accounts, including Coca-Cola, Sony Pictures, and Johnson & Johnson. Robinson has also sold some of the largest events in all of cable and network television, including the Summer and Winter Olympics, the Super Bowl and Sunday Night Football, all during his six-year tenure at NBC Universal as the sr. account exec at NBC Sports. During this time, he also executed the closing of multi-year, multi-platform and multi-sport deals with Papa John’s, Anheuser-Busch, BMW and DirecTV. Before Screenvision, Treinen spent six years working in national sales and marketing with Viacom’s Nickelodeon Kids & Family Group, under the direction of Tricarico. While at Nickelodeon, Treinen sold highly customized marketing partnerships, leveraging all business units including content, recreation, digital properties and linear works. She also worked on top billing accounts, including Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Mattel, and sold multi-platform partnerships in the annual Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards in 2011 and 2012….
HBO Inks Two-Year First-Look Deal With Sharon Horgan and Her Production Company Merman
HBO has signed a two-year first-look television deal with BAFTA-winning and Emmy®-nominated actor, writer, and producer Sharon Horgan (“Bad Sisters,” “Catastrophe”) and her multi award-winning production company Merman. HBO has also given a straight-to-series order for a new original comedy series, the first project under this deal, from Horgan and produced by Merman, with Horgan serving as writer, star, and executive producer.
This comedy series follows a 50-year-old divorcee’s search for sex and love while juggling caring for her ailing parents and parenting her should-be grown up son.
Amy Gravitt, executive VP, HBO & Max Comedy Programming, said, “We’re thrilled to be reunited with Sharon. Her willingness to offer up her own experiences through the characters she creates makes us all feel a little less lonely, that is what sets her comedy apart so brilliantly. She also has such a sharp eye for material and a strong desire to shepherd other people’s stories, we’re looking forward to the new talent she will bring into the fold.”
Horgan said, “I’m so happy to once again be working with Casey [Bloys], Amy, Francesca [Orsi] and the team at HBO, and really excited that Merman get to continue to tell stories for a company that’s been home to some of the most iconic television shows ever created.”
Horgan has created and starred in such series as “Pulling,” “Catastrophe,” “Motherland,” “Amandaland” and BAFTA and Peabody winning series “Bad Sisters,” which recently released its second season. She received Emmy® nominations for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (“Catastrophe”), Lead Actress in a Drama Series, and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (“Bad... Read More