London – FremantleMedia has announced the appointment of Trish Kinane as President of Entertainment Programming – American Idol, The X Factor and America’s Got Talent, at FremantleMedia North America (FMNA), effective August 1. Kinane, currently the President of Worldwide Entertainment at FremantleMedia, will be based in Los Angeles where she will initially report to Cecile Frot-Coutaz, the incoming CEO of FremantleMedia.

In this new executive post, Kinane will be responsible for overseeing all strategic, day-to-day operational and creative aspects of American Idol, The X Factor and America’s Got Talent, on behalf of FMNA. As part of this role, she will also work closely with FOX and NBC as well as FMNA’s production partners Syco and 19 on the programmes.

Kinane has an extensive background in international TV production, most recently as President of Worldwide Entertainment at FremantleMedia. In this role she oversaw the global roll-out of all FremantleMedia’s developed and acquired non-scripted formats including Idols, Got Talent and The X Factor, working to safeguard their integrity, guarantee production quality, and manage commercial and talent relationships arising from them.