Australian media giant reveals key roles overseeing operations of streamer Stan and Channel 9

Amanda Laing

Amanda Laing

Amanda Laing, the former boss of Australian streamer Binge, has unveiled her senior team at Nine Entertainment and created a handful of new roles in the company’s nascent streaming and broadcast arm. 

Laing joined Nine in January having left Foxtel-owned Binge in September - prior to its A$3.4bn (£1.7bn) acquistion by DAZN - and is now looking for a chief strategy officer and a chief marketing officer.

She has also appointed a raft of execs to the combined division, which was unveiled earlier this year and sees execs taking collective responsibility for Channel 9, 9Now and Stan for the first time.

Michael Healy becomes executive director for entertainment, with a remit across free and subscription broadcast and streaming products, while Cailah Scobie takes the exec director of entertainment content acquisitions role.

Fiona Dear is exec director of news and current affairs, while Brent Williams leads on sport, which represents the Aussie group’s biggest single area of investment.

The division’s production units Wide World of Sports and Stan Sport are being combined under the leadership of Brent Williams, while Laing is also leading a strategic program across all sports to identify further efficiencies and areas for growth.

Kylie Blucher, Clive Bingwa and Sean O’Brien will lead regional operations in Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia respectively, each reporting to Laing, while three execs have accountability for the P+L and strategic goals of Nine Group’s streaming and broadcast products.

Hamish Turner is exec director for Channel 9, 9 multi-channels and 9Now; Dan Taylor is exec director for Stan; and Tom Malone leads on radio.

Laing said: “While Nine’s streaming and broadcast brands have enjoyed independent success, our strength lies in the power of the Nine Group and today’s changes are the first step in unlocking that potential.

“We’re lucky enough to have some of the industry’s top talent and I’m excited to leverage their experience across our streaming and broadcast brands.”