Del Rio Named Managing Director at Universal Pictures Mexico

MEXICO CITY, December 4: Universal Pictures International
Entertainment has appointed Fernando Del Rio as managing director of Universal
Pictures Mexico, effective immediately.

Based in Mexico City, Del Rio will focus on using the
studio’s new release slate and
a growing number of local acquisitions and productions to increase Universal
Pictures’ market share in the home-entertainment sector in Mexico. He will
report to Paulo Valente, the regional managing director for Latin America.

Most recently, Del Rio served as sales director of Twentieth
Century Fox Home Entertainment Mexico, covering Mexico, Central America,
Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.

—By Ned Berke