Suter Upped at NBCU Canada

UNIVERSAL CITY: Ron Suter has been upped to executive VP and general manager for Canada at NBC Universal Television Distribution and executive VP of Universal Studios Canada. 

Based in Toronto, Suter will continue to oversee all Canadian television operations for NBC Universal Television Distribution and represent Universal Studios as a national leader for both the studio and parent company General Electric. He is responsible for licensing all of NBC Universal’s theatrical and television programming in all media for English- and French-speaking Canada. Suter previously served as senior VP and general sales manager for Canada for NBC Universal Television Distribution, as well as senior VP of Universal Studios Canada.

"Ron has done a tremendous job leading our Canadian sales team for many years now," said  Barry Wallach, the president of NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution. "He is truly an innovative deal-maker and he’s been instrumental in expanding NBC Universal’s reach across a wide variety of platforms in the Canadian marketplace."

"I am thrilled to continue working with our experienced sales team here at NBC Universal and with all of our Canadian broadcast partners," added Suter. "We are very fortunate to represent such an amazing list of top-tier films and television programming and I am truly excited to represent NBC Universal in Canada, an important and vibrant marketplace."