New Acquisitions & Distribution EVP at TF1

BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT: Effective October 1, Benoît Louvet is to take on the role of executive VP of acquisitions and distribution at the TF1 group.

Louvet is responsible for acquiring and managing the inventories for films, series and youth programming for the TF1 channel, not including non-scripted, drama and sports. He is also responsible for all programming on TMC, NT1 and the future "bonus" DTT channel as well as the TF1 group’s theme channels. Louvet will further handle trading for the group’s catalogues and programs produced by the channel.