Promotions Within E1’s Distribution Group

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES/LONDON: Prentiss Fraser has been appointed VP and head of sales for the E1 Television International team, while Ben Bishop has been upped to sales executive and acquisitions manager.

Formerly director of international sales at Oasis International, Fraser will be responsible for overseeing international sales and distribution of E1’s television programming and will be directly responsible for sales to the U.S., the U.K., Germany, Spain, Portugal, Australia and Eastern Europe.

Reporting to Fraser, Bishop will be responsible for acquiring programming from third-party producers for international distribution through E1. In addition to handling sales to Asia, Africa, Canada and India, his territories have expanded to include Turkey, the Middle East, in-flight entertainment, Greece, Israel and Cyprus.