Engine Entertainment Adds to Team
By Kristin Brzoznowski
Published: April 7, 2010
LOS ANGELES: Engine Entertainment has hired Paulette Bensussen as senior VP of sales and business development, to be based in New York and report to CEO Chris Philip.
Bensussen will be tasked with managing Engine's international programming sales as well as developing new business opportunities with networks and producers. Bensussen is adding programming across all genres—including reality, health and lifestyle—to Engine's catalogue. In addition to a range of formats, Bensussen is bringing more than 400 hours of Ecuavisa's telenovelas. Before joining Engine, Bensussen founded Ganesh Entertainment, a consulting, production and distribution firm. Prior to founding Ganesh, she was the executive director of international development at Scripps Network.
“Paulette blends tremendous business acumen with creative instinct for what sells, with access to content that travels across the world,” said Philip.
“Joining Engine is an incredibly organic fit,” commented Bensussen. “I am absolutely thrilled to be part of this amazing team. We have vast and diverse experience in developing television business around the globe, making Engine a one-of-a-kind organization, with the know-how and infrastructure to create and deliver attractive business opportunities for networks and producers worldwide.”
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