Paris-based pan-European media group Studio TF1, which was rebranded in January from Newen Studios, has outlined particulars of its new restructured distribution staff which took impact on April 1.
Rodolphe Buet will proceed to move up the distribution operation as Chief Distribution Officer of Studio TF1. Alice Damiani, SVP of Worldwide Movie Gross sales, will help Buet in shaping the group’s worldwide movie distribution technique.
Studio TF1 mentioned the transfer aligned with the corporate’s technique to broaden the actions of its cinema division, led by Nathalie Toulza Madar. Below beforehand introduced plans, the group goals to double movie manufacturing by 2027 – focusing on 10 to fifteen movies per 12 months – and to start theatrical distribution of its personal productions in France from 2026.
The brand new construction will cut up distribution actions between French-speaking markets (together with Canada) and the remainder of the world.
Karine Lejeune has been promoted to the function of EVP French-speaking TV and Movie Distribution, whereas Camille Dupeuble has been upped to EVP Worldwide TV and Digital Distribution, with accountability for all worldwide gross sales and strengthening the group’s technique with international streamers.
Each Lejeune and Dupeuble will each report back to Buet.
In TV, Dupeuble might be supported by Nadia Chevallard, who expands her function as SVP Worldwide Gross sales, to supervise unscripted gross sales along with fiction gross sales. Karen Smart, who will handle distribution in English-language and German markets as SVP Distribution. She is going to on high lead our Codecs technique.
Karine Atlan continues in her function as EVP Acquisitions and Worldwide Co-production, main Studio TF1’s relationship with creatives and manufacturing homes and searching for synergies inside the wider TF1 Group.
EVP Advertising Emilie Martel will proceed to guide the advertising and marketing division to help in-house and third-party producers within the general artistic course of.
“I’m excited to have the ability to unveil the senior management staff of Studio TF1’s distribution enterprise. They exude full professionalism and experience of their fields and share the identical ardour and ambitions for Studio TF1 that I do,” mentioned Buet.
“With a wealth of mixed expertise in distribution throughout theatrical, tv and digital, we’re all very a lot trying ahead to supporting the broader enterprise in its subsequent section of progress and to ship monetary help and steering to creatives throughout all elements of our enterprise that can assist them do their best possible work and to achieve audiences all around the world.”
The creation of Studio TF1 was introduced by the group’s CEO Pierre Branco originally of 2025.
