
TORONTO – Blue Ant Media announced this morning it is expanding its distribution division with the hiring of Gwen Jones McCauley as director, international sales.
With over fifteen years of distribution experience, she was previously VP, content sales at THA Inc. and BBC Worldwide Canada where she gained extensive background in content media sales and customer relations’ management, says the press release. Jones McCauley will officially join the Blue Ant International team on August 18th (well in advance of MIPCOM) and her territories will include Latin America, U.S. Hispanic, Spain, Portugal and Africa.
“As our catalog continues to expand exponentially, we are growing our division with international expertise to service the needs of our global content buyers,” said Solange Attwood, SVP international, Blue Ant Media. “Gwen’s international sales experience and superior customer service will be essential to continuing to build a roster of top tier content partners and an industry-leading catalog of high quality programming.” Since launching the international division earlier this year the company’s catalog has grown to over 1,400 hours.