The conglomerate on Wednesday extended Bonnie Hammer's contract and moved the 30-year company veteran to a vice chairman role in which she will serve as a key adviser to NBCU CEO Jeff Shell. Additionally, and as has been expected, the company has promoted Universal TV president Pearlena Igbokwe to chairman of NBCUniversal's Content Studios, taking over the role previously occupied by Hammer.
Igbokwe, who has been with NBCU since arriving from Showtime in 2012, will now have oversight of Universal Television, Universal Content Productions and NBCUniversal International Studios. She will now report directly to Shell. UCP president Dawn Olmstead and NBCU International Studios president Jeff Wachtel will both now report directly to Igbokwe.
franchise. Before being tapped to oversee UTV, she was exec vp drama at NBC. She spent 20 years at premium cable network Showtime, where she developed hits including"This is an exciting time for our business, with demand for entertainment content at an all-time high and more distribution platforms available than ever before. Our television studios are key growth engines for the company, and Pearlena is ideally suited to lead them.