Sphere Media has announced the appointment of Kelly Jenkins as Senior Vice President, Business Affairs, English Scripted, based out of the company’s Toronto studio.
This appointment reflects Sphere Media’s continued growth and commitment to strengthening its leadership team as the company expands its scripted content activities in Canada and internationally.
With extensive experience in business affairs, production, financing, and rights management across the television industry, Kelly brings a strong combination of strategic and operational expertise that will support the continued development of Sphere Media’s English Scripted team.
In this role, he will oversee business affairs for the division and work closely with creative, production, and corporate teams to help drive the development and execution of premium scripted projects.
“I’m really excited to work with everyone at Sphere to make great scripted content together” said Kelly.
“We are thrilled to welcome Kelly to our fantastic English Scripted team as we continue to grow our capacity to produce memorable, premium content for Canadian and international audiences,” said Elise Cousineau, Executive Vice President & Executive Producer, Content, English Scripted.
Sphere Media continues to build on its position as one of Canada’s leading independent content creators and distributors, producing and delivering compelling scripted, unscripted, documentary, and feature film content for audiences in Canada and around the world. Upcoming productions include limited series Cold Country, a co-production with Katawak Productions and Inferno Pictures for CBC/CBC Gem and romance This Summer Will Be Different, an adaptation of Carley Fortune’s bestselling novel with Netflix Canada. Recently announced are CBC commissions Blessed Sacrament, from creator/showrunner Kathleen Robertson, produced with Debut Content, as well as a half-hour espionage comedy from creator/showrunner Aubrey Nealon. Past Sphere English Scripted productions include thriller Wayward (Netflix), with Objective Fiction; menopause comedy Small Achievable Goals (CBC/Gem); Peabody Award-winning dramedy Sort Of (CBC/HBO Max); medical drama Transplant (Bell/NBCU) and Primetime Emmy and Independent Spirit Award-nominated period drama The Porter (CBC/BET+).
