SkyShowtime — the three way partnership between Comcast and Paramount World — has unveiled key hires for the European streaming service, together with its head of programming. BBC Choose government Jon Farrar has been named head of programming, Selection can reveal. The manager joins from BBC Studios, the place he led the direct-to-consumer programming technique in his twin function as world VOD director and editor-in-chief of North American SVOD service BBC Choose. Farrar was additionally a part of the workforce that developed BritBox, the streaming three way partnership between BBC Studios and ITV. Reporting into SkyShowtime CEO Monty Sarhan, Farrar…
