{"id":12002,"date":"2022-07-11T09:21:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T13:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/newen-connect-taps-bbc-studios-alum-english-language-push\/"},"modified":"2022-07-11T12:16:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T16:16:48","slug":"newen-connect-taps-bbc-studios-alum-for-english-language-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/07\/11\/newen-connect-taps-bbc-studios-alum-for-english-language-push\/","title":{"rendered":"Newen Connect Taps BBC Studios Alum for English-Language Push"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Newen Connect has hired former Mercury and BBC Studios executive Phil Sequeira to lead its burgeoning sales operations across the U.K. and North America.<\/p>\n<p>Sequeira will be responsible for designing and implementing sales strategies for the U.K. and North America to help drive sales of new titles as well as the catalog. He will also explore and manage co-production opportunities for the distributor with broadcasters and platforms and look for further growth opportunities with existing and new market entrants.<\/p>\n<p>The role sees him reporting to Newen Connect\u2019s executive VP of distribution, Leona Connell.<\/p>\n<p>Sequeira was previously senior VP of sales, distribution and marketing at Mercury Studios. Prior to this, he was VP of scripted sales and co-productions for BBC Studios. He has also held sales executive roles at both ITV Studios Global Entertainment and BBC Worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Connell said: \u201cWhile there has never been a better time to sell European content to the English-speaking market, we also recognize that English language content has broad international appeal, so it is only natural that this should be the focus of the next stage of Newen Connect\u2019s ambitious growth plans. Phil\u2019s wide-ranging experience and his track record in delivering sales and co-productions within the UK and North America make him the perfect candidate to take on this important role.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sequeira added: \u201cThe breadth and quality of existing programming in the catalog, as well as our exciting slate of upcoming European and English-language productions, put Newen Connect in a tremendous position to fulfill the needs of so many broadcasters and platforms. I\u2019m looking forward to contributing to the company\u2019s ongoing success and the achievement of such ambitious growth plans.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newen Connect has hired former Mercury and BBC Studios executive Phil Sequeira to lead its burgeoning sales operations across the U.K. and North America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":12003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[2572],"class_list":["post-12002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-newen-connect"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Newen Connect Taps BBC Studios Alum for English-Language Push - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/07\/11\/newen-connect-taps-bbc-studios-alum-for-english-language-push\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Newen Connect Taps BBC Studios Alum for English-Language Push - 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