Ian Katz, chief content officer at Channel 4 for almost nine years, will step down from his role in October this year.
Katz, responsible for hit shows It’s a Sin, Big Boys, and We Are Lady Parts, is the longest-serving content chief in Channel 4’s history. He started out in journalism and was deputy editor at The Guardian until 2013, before he became editor on the BBC’s Newsnight.
During his Channel 4 tenure, he has presided over a period of “considerable creative and commercial success,” according to the channel, and played a central role in its transformation from linear broadcaster to streamer.
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