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Meet 21 top TV, film, and streaming execs who are on the job market and could make big moves in 2021

, after Disney took full control of Hulu's operations and moved to bring the company closer to its other streaming endeavors.

As CEO of the World Surfing League, she pushed the league to expand into original content and events, and aggressively grew its distribution around the world. The league inked live broadcast deals with Fox Sports and Facebook Watch under her leadership, and sold an upcoming reality show to ABC called "Ultimate Surfer," which is produced by Pilgrim Media.

Holland, who was Netflix's vice president of original content up until recently, helped build the streamer into a sought-after creator of TV and film, as Sarandos' top deputy. She exited as Sarandos beganHolland joined Netflix in 2002, when its main business was hawking DVDs.

Her most recent post was at ViacomCBS, where she led business and legal affairs for the development and production businesses at ViacomCBS's entertainment and youth networks, including Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, Paramount Network, and Smithsonian Channel. Lefcourt took on the executive VP and deputy general counsel post in March, and left the company in November.

Under his leadership, the reality-focused network that used be Court TV found its lane with hit franchises like "Impractical Jokers," which helped it reach a younger and more affluent audiences. Linn left truTV in May 2019, after its operations were merged with Turner's other entertainment networks TBS and TNT.

 

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