Jana Bennett adds Bio to her CV

Jana Bennett is returning to the US, where she worked for Discovery between 1999 and 2002, to join another cable broadcaster in her first job since leaving the BBC last summer. Bennett has been hired by Hearst/Disney-owned A&E Networks to run the Bio and Lifetime Movie Network channels. Aside from her Discovery stint, Bennett is a 30-year BBC veteran. A former BBC Vision director, Bennett left her last role at BBC Worldwide heading up the global iPlayer and wholly-owned channels outside the US, including BBC Entertainment, BBC Knowledge and CBeebies, in a restructure last June. She will take the role of president of the Bio and LMN channels, with responsibility for strategy, marketing, publicity and brand development. Bio's programming includes Aftermath with William Shatner and Shatner's Raw Nerve. To boldly go...