Newen Taps Former STUDIOCANAL Exec Rodolphe Buet

Rodolphe Buet, whose time in the media industry includes working at STUDIOCANAL, Global Road and On Animation, has joined Newen as chief distribution officer.

Under the direction of Romain Bessi, managing director of Newen and president of TF1 Studio, Buet will focus on bringing together the activities of Newen Distribution and TF1 Studio. He will supervise Newen Distribution, led by Malika Abdellaoui, and the commercial activities of TF1 Studio, with international sales headed by Sabine Chemaly and French and francophone TV sales led by Coralie Chave. He will also work closely with the teams from Reel One, led by Tom Berry.

As part of Newen’s international expansion, Buet will contribute to the development of programs produced by the group’s subsidiaries, with the financial backing from Anton Capital. He will also develop distribution activity with third-party producers.

Most recently, Buet was the president of international films at On Animation. At STUDIOCANAL, he led commercial activities in fiction and cinema on various major projects, including family and animated films (Paddington, Shaun the Sheep), art films (La Taupe), action films (Non-Stop) and series (Baron Noir, Jours Polaires, The Five) in coordination with TV production subsidiaries based abroad (Red in the U.K., Sam in Denmark and Tandem in Germany).