Brian Sullivan has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of the Fox Networks Group division of media company 21st Century Fox.
The role was previously held by Randy Freer, who left last month to become chief executive of US subscription video-on-demand service Hulu.
Sullivan will report to Peter Rice, president of 21st Century Fox and chairman and chief executive of FNG.
Sullivan will oversee revenue and distribution for Fox Sports, Fox Television Group, FX and National Geographic Partners. He will also continue to lead FNG’s Digital Consumer Group, which is responsible for its authenticated streaming applications.
Sullivan will retain his role as a Hulu board member, along with Rice and Dana Walden.
Michael Biard and Joe Marchese, Fox’s president of distribution and president of ad revenue, respectively, will now report to Sullivan. Danielle Maged, vice-president of global solutions, will now report to Marchese. FNG Europe and Africa president Jan Joeppen and FNG Latin America president Carlos Martinez will report jointly to Sullivan and Rice.
Sullivan has served as president and chief operating officer of Fox Networks’ Digital Consumer Group since 2015. He began his career at Showtime Networks and subsequently worked for pay-television broadcaster Sky in the UK and Germany.
Rice said: “Brian is an incredibly talented executive and has been instrumental in leading the direct to consumer efforts across our brands. Brian’s track record at Sky and his proven expertise in building digital video consumer products has made him an invaluable part of our senior leadership team, and I look forward to working with him to continue to focus and operationalise our revenue, distribution and D2C efforts.”