SBS appoints Josh Martin as commissioning editor, entertainment and food

SBS has appointed Josh Martin as its commissioning editor for entertainment and food within the television and online content division.

Martin joins from Essential Media where he was executive producer, overseeing the company's food and lifestyle content, as well as contributing to the factual slate.

Martin joins SBS’s unscripted team, who produce documentaries, factual entertainment, entertainment and food programs including Filthy Rich & Homeless and First Contact. He will commission and oversee the production of multiplatform content, in entertainment and food.

Martin will commence his role on October 9 2017 and will report into John Godfrey, who is the head of unscripted.