Calinos Appoints Former 20th Century Fox Exec

Calinos Entertainment has tapped Jose Luis Gascue for the role of executive VP and head of worldwide sales.

Gascue was previously VP of sales for Latin America at the former 20th Century Fox. He started his career in 1993 at HBO Latin America, where he was manager of business affairs, and he then joined NBCUniversal in 2000 to become director of sales and operations for Latin America. In 2006 he became VP of sales for Beverly Hills Entertainment and in 2008, he joined Fox.

‘‘Jose Luis Gascue brings proven sales experience to Calinos,” stated Fırat Gülgen, Calinos Entertainment’s founder and CEO. “He is a very successful and experienced leader in TV sales and we are very happy to combine his 27 years of relevant knowledge with our 23 years of experience in the media and entertainment industries. With 3000 hours of programming in our catalog, all produced under the FOX brand, we are also delighted that we have added a large variety of content from BKM to our catalog. BKM is the biggest feature film production house in Turkey and its content has become available worldwide by our distribution with a deal, which covers 58 movies and 5 TV Shows. We already have great success with Medyapım’s productions such as Woman, Forbidden Fruit and Our Story, in addition to these, we will also add to our portfolio new TV Series A Mother’s Guilt and Firefighters from Limon Production. And now with Gascue’s efforts by leading the sales team, we will further strengthen our ability to reach more markets.”

“I am thrilled to start this new experience with Calinos,” Gascue added. “Calinos is bringing prime-time shows to Latin America and the world with great production value and proven success, shows such as The Girl Named Feriha, Forbidden Fruit, Our Story and Woman are great examples of the catalog’s strengths.”