STUDIOCANAL reinforces its TV series activity

Paris/München (ots) - For the past 3 years, STUDIOCANAL has been
actively developing the company's production of international and
local TV series, strengthening its status as a European leader in
content. To support this development, STUDIOCANAL is splitting
distribution from production for its TV business unit.

A reinforced sales and marketing team will operate under the
STUDIOCANAL banner. It will be headed by the newly appointed EVP
Sales and marketing for TV series, Katrina Neylon. Katrina Neylon has
a strong experience of the TV business spending most of her carrier
in two major studios (Twentieth Century Fox International Television
and Disney ABC International Television). Before joining STUDIOCANAL
she was SVP of Sales at Shine International. She will report to
Rodolphe Buet, President International Marketing and Distribution.
She will join STUDIOCANAL on May18th.

Production will be the domain of the in-house production labels,
including Tandem Productions, Red Production Company, SAM and other
third party partners. Rola Bauer and Nicola Shindler are reporting to
Romain Bessi STUDIOCANAL COO.

STUDIOCANAL Chairman & CEO Olivier Courson said, "This move is a
step forward in developing our TV series activity both in production
and distribution. This is also a real strategic and ambitious move
for Tandem to further develop and produce more international content
with European and US partners."

Tandem Productions CEO Rola Bauer said, "This is the next
strategic step in sharpening Tandem's focus on production and
enabling us to increase our output"

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Editor's note:

In January 2012, STUDIOCANAL took a majority stake in Tandem, one
of the leading European companies for international primetime event
TV productions, and worldwide distribution of quality television
programs (SPOTLESS, CROSSING LINES, PILLARS OF THE EARTH, WORLD
WITHOUT END).

In December 2013, STUDIOCANAL took, as well, a majority stake in
RED Production Company, British producers of high-standard TV series
(QUEER AS FOLK, LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX, HAPPY VALLEY).

In May 2014, STUDIOCANAL, the writers and creators Søren Sveistrup
and Adam Price, and producer & CEO Meta Louise Foldager, launched a
new production company: SAM Productions ApS, to work with the
strongest Scandinavian creative talents and produce TV-series for the
international market.

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