PEOPLE Fugitive gears up for growth by establishing an international network of senior sales consultants
Fugitive, the content development, financing, and executive producing company managed by Anthony Kimble and Merrily Ross, has recruited four experienced sales consultants to support the business as it grows.
VP of North American sales for ITV Studios Global Entertainment. Tania started her career in TV with Granada Television in the UK before moving to America to oversee Canadian sales for the company, ahead of it becoming ITV.
Acting as agents and operating at SVP level, Joanna Rowley, based in London, Tania Jacobson in Los Angeles, Charo Penedo in Madrid, and Anne RoderBotbol in Paris will be focused on presales for Fugitive’s expanding slate of scripted and unscripted projects, as well as sales for the company’s rapidly growing catalogue of completed programming and formats.
Charo Penedo will be responsible for Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. She started her career with Hit Entertainment in London, before joining Sunset & Vine International, now part of Tinopolis. Charo then went to work at Optomen (All3Media), where she was responsible for driving sales of the Kitchen Nightmares format and finished show, before moving to Madrid to look after Southern Europe for Discovery.
Covering Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Nordic region, Joanna Rowley is a freelance sales consultant who worked as an executive director at Fox Networks Group Content Distribution, prior to its acquisition by Disney. Before that, she spent many years as a regional sales director for National Geographic Television International, as well as for its previous incarnation, Explore International. Tania Jacobson, who will look after Fugitive in the US and Canada, was, until recently, SVP at Endemol Shine, handling the company’s sales and formats business in Canada.Prior to that, also from her base in LA, she was
Her two-decade career has also seen roles at Cineflix Rights and Belgian format business Primitives. Anne Roder-Botbol started her career at TVF International before moving onto Channel 4 International where she was responsible for the first format sales of Supernanny and That’ll Teach ‘Em in France and Germany. She then joined DRG as VP sales, where she worked across finished tape sales, formats, and drama remakes – most notably securing local versions of Doc Martin in a number of territories, including France. For Fugitive, Anne will represent French and German-speaking territories, as well as Italy and Benelux.
ABP Network announces a strategic role revision ABP Network is set to add dynamism to its newsrooms with a strategic shift in roles focused on News Production, News Gathering, and Corporate Communications. In this reinvigoration, Rajinish Ahuja will be leading the Corporate Communications Department, spearheading the company’s external relations and stakeholder engagement. He, along with his team, will be
taking charge of the department with immediate effect. On an interim basis, the ABPNews content team will be reporting to Sanjay Bragta and Sumit Awasthi for news-gathering and news production, respectively. With this expansion, ABP Network will gain leeway to expand the scope of news reporting in today’s fast-paced environment and strengthen its senior leadership to minimise the roadblocks set forth by the current market scenario.
Studio 100 Media appoints head of licensing
Studio 100 Media named Joachim Knödler as Head of Licensing commencing September 1st. He succeeds Gerd Russwurm, who will retire at the end of the year after more than 24 years with the company. In his new role, Joachim Knödler will be responsible for the international licensing of the Studio 100 Group. He reports to Martin Krieger, CEO of Studio 100 Media / International. Most recently, Joachim Knödler was Managing Director, Central Europe at (Wildbrain) CPLG Central Europe. Under his leadership, the business in Central Europe was restructured and during his 17 years there, he gained extensive experience in brand licensing, entertainment and the launch of private label brands including the implementation of DTR licensing. He developed fundamental licensing strategies with all major Hollywood Studios for a successful introduction of their portfolio in GSA and Europe. Another focus of Knödler’s work is the development of Master Toy lines. Previous positions at Hasbro and Simon Marketing / The Marketing Store allowed him to gain extensive experience in the toy sector. In various roles, he was responsible for the relaunch of the Star Wars Toy Line together with the launch of E1 and the rollout of the Pokémon Master Toy Line and the Nerf Toy Line in the German-speaking territories. He also supervised the development of the Happy Meal Toys for McDonald’s Germany and was accountable for the first McDonald’s Monopoly, which was rewarded with significant sales growth. In addition, he was responsible for initiating the success of Sesame Street and Minions in the German-speaking world.
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