Two Rivers appoints Mirella Breda as Head of Entertainment
Two Rivers Media is delighted to announce the appointment of Mirella Breda as Head of Entertainment. Mirella, who was most recently Managing Director of Initial and spent seven years as a Commissioning Editor of Entertainment at the BBC, will join immediately and relocate to Glasgow in the autumn.
Mirella said, “Sometimes an opportunity comes along at the right time, in the right place. I’m incredibly excited to be joining Two Rivers at the beginning of its story. I can’t wait to get started.”
Alan Clements, MD of Two Rivers Media, said, “I am delighted that a talented and experienced creative leader like Mirella is joining Two Rivers on its journey, and shares our vision of building a company of scale in Scotland. Her Entertainment track record is absolutely second to none”.
Two Rivers Media is a start-up independent production company headquartered in Glasgow and aiming to produce for the Scottish, UK and International market. Its MD is Alan Clements and Head of Factual is Mick McAvoy. The company is backed by Kew Media, Noble Grossart and the Channel 4 Growth Fund.
About KEW MEDIA GROUP INC.
KEW MEDIA GROUP is a leading publicly-listed content company that produces and distributes multi-genre content worldwide. Companies included in the KEW family are the production companies: Architect Films, Awesome, Bristow Global Media, Collins Avenue Productions, Essential Media Group, 4East Media, Frantic Films, Jigsaw Productions, Media Headquarters, Our House Media, Sienna Films, Spirit Digital Media, and Two Rivers Media; and the distribution companies: KEW MEDIA Distribution and TCB Media Rights.
With primary offices in London, Los Angeles, New York, Sydney and Toronto, the KEW MEDIA GROUP companies develop, produce and distribute more than 1,000 hours of content every year, as well as distribute a library of more than 13,000 hours, to almost every available viewing platform internationally. KEW aspires to offer great content from all over the world to viewers of all ages and tastes. KEW promotes transparency, equality, respect, and inclusiveness and plans to grow with the benefit of people from a wide range of perspectives and backgrounds.
About Noble Grossart
Noble Grossart is a merchant bank which has had many material links with the media sector.
About Channel 4’s Indie Growth Fund
Channel 4 launched the Indie Growth Fund in 2014 with the aim to nurture the independent sector by providing access to funding for small to medium sized companies based in the UK to help them grow and develop their business. The Indie Growth Fund investment portfolio includes nine UK-based businesses: Barcroft Media Group, Eleven Film, Firecrest Films, Lightbox, Parable, Spelthorne Community Television, The RightsXchange (TRX), Voltage TV and Whisper Films.