All3Media America poaches Shed’s Hariton, promotes six

The US arm of All3Media has poached Leah Hariton from Shed Media US and made six senior promotions to its production team.

Hariton was executive producer at Warner Bros.-owned Shed. She now becomes VP, current series at All3Media America, where she will work on series already on air.

Elsewhere, All3Media America has promoted head of development Aaron Saidman to executive VP, development and current programming; Wally Parks to EVP, production; Jacob Cohen-Holmes to senior VP, development and current production; Dana Boratenski to VP, production development; and Sabrina Fiander to VP, production.

Former Zoo Productions exec Jonathan Parkman has also been named SVP, post-production.

This comes 19 months after UK production giant All3 launched its US production hub under the leadership of Stephen Lambert and Eli Holzman.

“As we now prepare for a period of accelerated growth it is vital that we bolster our ranks with talented executives who share our values and who will help us ensure that the stream of high-quality productions All3Media America is known for will continue to flow uninterrupted,” the pair said in a statement.

All3Media America has had 11 shows in production since January, including Bravo’s remake of UK fact ent series Googlebox (pictured, The People’s Couch. Its parent, All3, is currently in the process of selling to Discovery Communications and Liberty Global.