Danish pubcaster taps drama topper

Price to o'see feature funding for TV2

By JORN ROSSING JENSEN

COPENHAGEN -- Danish pubcaster TV2, which is partly financed by commercials, has appointed writer-director Adam Price head of fiction and drama, with responsibility for the station's investment in feature films.

Price, 33, will start as a consultant and fully take over Jan. 1.

Joining the channel as commissioning editors will be Marianne Kjaer and Jakob Mejlhede Andersen, both from DR-TV.