by Thinus Ferreira
Evert van der Veer who was vice president, media networks at The Walt Disney Company Africa has been appointed as Disney+ vice president for programming for the EMEA region that is Europe, the Middle East and Africa region.
Evert van der Veer was general manager for FOX Networks Group for sub-Saharan Africa before Disney's takeover of 21st Century Fox after which he became vice president, media networks at The Walt Disney Company Africa and oversaw the repositioned and combined portfolio of the FOX Networks Group Africa portfolio and Disney's channels in Africa.
After being based in Johannesburg, South Africa for the past few years, Evert van der Veer will now be based in Amsterdam in the Netherlands and travel regularly to London and other EMEA markets for his new job that he started from October.
Evert van der Veer will be responsible for Disney+'s programming strategy as well as managing content planning, operations, and regulatory compliance.
Disney shut down the FOX channel at the end of September on MultiChoice's DStv and China's StarTimes and StarSat pay-TV services across the continent as it gets ready to launch its Disney+ video streaming service sometime from June 2022 in South Africa.
Tracy-Ann van Rooyen exited M-Net in June this year and jumped to Disney where she was appointed as Walt Disney Africa media networks' senior programming and scheduling manager.
