Silverman decides Pollak for key publish

Ben Silverman gets his old team together again.The founding father of Electus has hired John Pollak as leader from the studio's worldwide division. He labored because the worldwide chief at Silverman's previous company, Reveille, as did the lately named Boss of Electus, Chris Grant."Like the beginning at Reveille, we're applying an approach to provide the finest possible revenue to the creative partners," stated Grant.Pollak will oversee distribution of Electus' programming in addition to programs and formats from third-party companies.The Electus stable includes unscripted series for example "MasterChef" and "The Greatest Loser" and scripted game titles like "The Listener" and "Archer."The hire determines a brand new division, Electus Worldwide, that grows on the partnership the organization had with Engine Entertainment to deal with overseas sales and purchases. Engine Boss Chris Phillip will remain on to guide a brand new global scripted production initiative.Pollak comes over from Shine Worldwide, which formerly absorbed Reveille. Contact Andrew Wallenstein at andrew.wallenstein@variety.com