Telepool Hires New Acquisition, Sales Head

MUNICH, July 14: In
January 2009, Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann will become the head of acquisition and
sales for German-speaking territories for Munich-based film and television
distribution company Telepool.

At Telepool,
Higuchi-Zitzmann will aid in the development and expansion of the company’s
activities in acquisition and sales in German-speaking territories. She will
report to Dr. Thomas Weymar, the CEO of Telepool.

Higuchi-Zitzmann will
resign as the head of licensing for Constantin Film, a position she has held
since 2005, to join Telepool. She previously worked as the acquisitions manager
for Prokino Filmverleih.

“We are very pleased that
with Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann we have been able to win one of the most
distinguished and respected personalities working in international sales and
acquisition today,” Weymar said. “I am convinced that our company will benefit
from her great experience and competence. Yoko Higuchi Zitzmann and her
extraordinarily well established network are no doubt a great surplus to Telepool.”

—By Jackie Stewart