Lionsgate has promoted two executives, Adam Frank and Jill Anderson, to lead its transactional home entertainment business.The move comes amid a strong period for Lionsgate’s home entertainment business — which comprises electronic sell-through (download-to-own), video-on-demand and physical media — with an industry market share of 11.9% in the first six months of the year.
It’s the highest sixth-month share in the studio’s history, driven by new releases “John Wick: Chapter Four,” “Plane” and “Sisu,” as well as library titles “Knives Out,” “Django Unchained,” “Dirty Dancing” and “Sicario.”Frank, a 12-year veteran of Lionsgate, has been elevated to executive VP of global partner management of sales and distribution.
He’ll be overseeing the company’s global transactional digital and packaged media operations and heading up sales, licensing and strategic planning initiatives for the home entertainment group.
Frank has overseen the digital home entertainment rollouts of “The Hunger Games,” “John Wick,…
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