RHI Entertainment Appoints Senior VP of International Sales

NEW YORK, September 25:
Michael R. Oesterlin has been promoted to senior VP of international sales for
RHI Entertainment (formerly Hallmark Entertainment).

Most recently, Oesterlin
served as VP of international sales at RHI Entertainment’s London offices, where he was responsible for the company’s free- and pay-TV sales to France,
French-speaking Europe, Benelux, Cyprus, Greece, Russia, Scandinavia, and
Turkey, in addition to supervising ancillary rights sales to Ancillary Rights
in Africa, Israel, and the Middle East.

Oesterlin has been with
RHI Entertainment since July 2002, where he started as director of
international sales and was promoted within one year to VP of international
sales.

"Michael’s hard work
and rigorous strategic approach to sales and market development in his
territories has contributed significantly to our success over the last few
years,” says Joel Denton, the president of production and distribution for RHI
Entertainment. “This promotion is in recognition of his current and future role
in RHI's continued growth and expansion."