{"id":2313723,"date":"2026-03-05T11:18:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T11:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2313723"},"modified":"2026-03-05T11:18:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T11:18:24","slug":"nbcu-alum-ben-crompton-succeeds-andrew-llinares-as-global-head-of-entertainment-at-fremantle-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/nbcu-alum-ben-crompton-succeeds-andrew-llinares-as-global-head-of-entertainment-at-fremantle-news\/","title":{"rendered":"NBCU alum Ben Crompton succeeds Andrew Llinares as global head of entertainment at Fremantle | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NBCUniversal executive Ben Crompton has been appointed to the role of global head of entertainment at production and distribution giant Fremantle, succeeding Andrew Llinares.<\/p>\n

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Crompton joins the London-based company with extensive experience in originating, developing and delivering global formats.<\/p>\n

He most recently worked at NBCUniversal, where he was VP of international unscripted for just over two-and-a-half years. There, he led the development of formats, IP and third-party projects.<\/p>\n

Prior to that, Crompton launched and led Lime Pictures\u2019 US operation. In the role of executive VP US, he delivered shows including Dance Monsters (Netflix), True Love or True Lies (MTV), Dating No Filter (E!) and Who Do You Believe? (ABC).<\/p>\n

He has also held senior creative and strategic roles at Warner Brothers in Australia, Eyeworks and ITV Studios.<\/p>\n

Crompton\u2019s appointment comes after Fremantle announced in February that Andrew Llinares would leave his position<\/a>\u00a0as director of global entertainment in the spring.<\/p>\n

Llinares, who is set to return to making programmes, took on the role in early 2023 following Rob Clark\u2019s retirement.<\/p>\n

RTL Group-owned Fremantle credited Llinares with playing a central role in leading and shaping its global entertainment portfolio and format development.<\/p>\n

In 2025, Fremantle\u2019s entertainment arm delivered 345 commissions and 302 productions in 62 territories, including Too Hot to Handle for Netflix and Pandora\u2019s Box for RTL. The company\u2019s slate for The London TV Screenings last week included shows such as Hitster, Handcuffed, Special Delivery, Hole in One and The Advent Calendar.<\/p>\n

Jennifer Mullin, group CEO, Fremantle, said: \u201cWe are thrilled to welcome Ben to Fremantle. He is a business minded leader with a deep understanding of the industry, not only from a development and production perspective, but also from a commercial and strategic viewpoint.<\/p>\n

\u201cI look forward to working closely with Ben and our hugely talented team at this extremely exciting time for our business \u2013 as we build on our successes and continuing to push the creative boundaries together.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.c21media.net \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NBCUniversal executive Ben Crompton has been appointed to the role of global head of entertainment at production and distribution giant Fremantle, succeeding Andrew Llinares. Crompton joins the London-based company with extensive experience in originating, developing and delivering global formats. He most recently worked at NBCUniversal, where he was VP of international unscripted for just over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2313724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2313723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NBCU-alum-Ben-Crompton-succeeds-Andrew-Llinares-as-global-head.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2313723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2313723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2313723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2313725,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2313723\/revisions\/2313725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2313723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2313723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2313723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}