About HIT Entertainment
HIT Entertainment, owned by private equity investment group Apax Partners, is one of the world's leading independent children's entertainment producers and rights-owners. HIT's portfolio includes properties, such as Barney™, Bob the Builder™, Thomas & Friends™, Pingu™, Fireman Sam™, Angelina Ballerina™ and Rainbow Magic™. HIT represents Chapman Entertainment's Fifi and the Flowertots™ and Roary the Racing Car™ in North America and Japan, as well as Wallace & Gromit™, Shaun the Sheep™, Timmy Time™ and Aardman Classics from Aardman Animations. HIT also acts as representative for The Wiggles® in the UK.
Launched in 1989, HIT's lines of business span television and video production, content distribution, publishing, consumer products licensing, live events and attractions and has operations in the UK, US, Canada, Hong Kong and Japan. HIT is a part-owner of US preschool channel, PBS KIDS Sprout℠, and international preschool channel JimJam, (outside of the US, UK and China).
For more information, visit http://www.hitentertainment.com.
Jeff Deverett
Senior Vice President, Home Entertainment, North America, HIT Entertainment
Jeff Deverett, Senior Vice President, Home Entertainment, HIT Entertainment, North America, has more than 20 years of experience in home entertainment and film production. In his current role, Mr. Deverett oversees and sets strategy for HIT's Home Entertainment releases in the US and Canada and also manages cross-functional strategies between home entertainment and licensing and live events surrounding the Company's portfolio of classic preschool brands including Angelina Ballerina™, Barney™, Bob the Builder™, Thomas & Friends™ and more. Previously, Mr. Deverett served in a consulting capacity for HIT Entertainment where he was responsible for restructuring the North American Home Entertainment business, negotiating the deal with Lionsgate Films to distribute HIT's titles.
Prior to joining HIT, Mr. Deverett served as President, Canada, and Senior Vice President, International, of Anchor Bay Entertainment, a division of Liberty Media. At Anchor Bay, he was responsible for sales, marketing, operations and profitability for the Company's DVD and television distribution in Canada, the UK and Australia.
Before that, Mr. Deverett was President, Canada, and Executive Vice President, International, of SPAR Corp, a retail merchandising business where he oversaw a Canadian staff of 225 and worked to develop several other international territories for the company. He was also the President & CEO and owner of Kaboom! Entertainment Inc. and Impulse Merchandising Services, and has held senior executive positions at various other television and home entertainment distribution companies in Canada.
In addition to home entertainment distribution, Mr. Deverett has over eight years of experience in producing children's television and films. Most recently, he was Producer and Executive Producer of King of the Camp, a feature film in 2007.
Mr. Deverett holds an LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Canada, and a BA in Commerce and Computer Science from the University of Toronto.
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