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The Fixer: How Variety Vanguard Honoree Tony Vinciquerra Reimagined Sony Pictures Entertainment for the Streaming Era
How Tony Vinciquerra, recipient of this year's Variety Vanguard Award at Mipcom, reimagined Sony Pictures Entertainment for the streaming era.
The seasoned executive, who orchestrated a much-needed turnaround of the studio, has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Variety Vanguard Award recognizing individuals who have made a significant contribution to the global business of television. For steering the ship through tough industry headwinds, the onset of the streaming wars, the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2023 writers and actors strikes, Sony Group Corp. chairman-CEO Kenichiro Yoshida hailed the studio chief for his “deep experience and expertise in the entertainment space, his strategic vision and his outstanding leadership.” Vinciquerra’s reinvention campaign also included getting a grip on SPE’s more than 20 in-house production banners, which were spread far and wide in Europe, Latin America and Asia to a degree that didn’t make financial sense for the studio.
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