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Radial Entertainment has tapped former Sony exec Carrie Ferman as the company’s new chief operating officer. The news was revealed on Wednesday at the StreamTV Show in Denver during a keynote interview with Radial CEO
Jeff Shultz.
Ferman previously served as head of business strategy and operations at Sony Pictures TV. This reps the latest major hire at Radial under Shultz, who joined the company in December. Among other hires, he recently tapped Brendon Thomas as the company’s new chief revenue officer.
“We’ve spent the last few months assembling a team and a platform built for global scale, and Carrie is exactly the operator we needed to take it to the next level. Her experience running operations, supply chain, and M&A integration at Sony at the level she did is a direct match for where Radial is headed,” Shultz said in a statement. “Her arrival puts the finishing touch on the management infrastructure we’ve been building, and I couldn’t be more confident in where we go from here.”
In her role, Ferman will oversee operations including content distribution, technology and business functions, and will handle the integration of new acquisitions. She will also coordinate Radial’s growing library (now at 70,000 titles) across FAST, AVOD, SVOD and TVOD platforms.
Ferman spent 12 years at Sony, most recently as exec VP of business strategy and operations. While there, she worked on modernizing and automating the company’s digital media supply chain, developed a plan for FAST channels, handled M&A transactions and reviewed the company’s domestic and international production, digital and cable assets.
Also at Sony, she was senior VP of strategy and M&A for Sony Pictures Television International in London. Before that, she was CEO of Renmark Media. She has also worked at NBCUniversal and Time Warner, and began ger career at the Walt Disney Co.
“Radial has built an incredibly powerful global engine spanning every major distribution format from FAST to theatrical across 50-plus markets,” Ferman said in a statement. “The momentum behind their strategy is undeniable. Throughout my career, I’ve focused on bridging growth strategy with rigorous operational execution to drive scale, enable market expansion and maximize efficiency. I am thrilled to partner with Jeff and the entire team to realize this next chapter of global growth and operational excellence.”
