Princess Productions hires Duncan Gray

Duncan Gray, Sky's head of entertainment commissioning, is to join Something for the Weekend producer Princess Productions as creative director. Gray will join the independent producer in early 2012, reporting to Princess chief executive and founder, Henrietta Conrad. He will work alongside Kelly Webb-Lamb, who has been promoted to director of factual programmes. Gray joins Princess with a brief to build up the company's entertainment and comedy output. He joined Sky in 2009. He is a former ITV controller of entertainment, where he oversaw programmes including Dancing on Ice, The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent. Before his two years at ITV, Gray worked in Los Angeles as head of alternative series and specials for US broadcaster ABC. His Sky commissions have included A League of Their Own and Got To Dance. • To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email [email protected] or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication". • To get the latest media news to your desktop or mobile, follow MediaGuardian on Twitter and Facebook .