Indiantelevision.com Team

(10 May 2008 3:00 pm)

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (wbitd) has named international distribution executive Jim Brehm to the post of senior VP, sales for Asia, Canada, Latin America. The announcement was made by WBITD President Jeffrey R. Schlesinger.

Brehm will be responsible for the licensing of all Warner Bros.' series, motion pictures and animation to pay television and free television in Canada, Asia/Pacific and Latin America, as well as to basic subscription, ad-supported and subscription video-on-demand (AVOD and SVOD) services in those regions. In this role, he succeeds Malcolm Dudley-Smith, who was recently named to the newly created post of Executive Vice President, Branded Services – Business Management, overseeing WBITD’s expansion into AVOD and SVOD channels around the globe. Brehm will be based in Burbank, Calif., and will report to Schlesinger.

Schlesinger says, "We are thrilled to have Jim join our team. He brings a depth of knowledge and experience that is invaluable to this position and is highly respected within the industry."

Brehm comes to WBITD from Disney where he spent the last two years as senior VP, sales for Disney ABC International Television (DAIT). In that role, he had oversight of pay, free and on demand licensing for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.