Kids & Family Distribution Arm for Federation Entertainment

PARIS: Federation Entertainment has launched a Kids & Family distribution division, with Monica Levy being appointed as senior VP of co-productions and sales.

Levy will oversee the global sales of all kids' and family content produced by Federation's Cottonwood Media, as well as third-party titles, collectively distributed under the Kids & Family brand. She will report to David Michel, who is the founder and managing director of Cottonwood, as well as a founding partner of Federation and head of Kids & Family. Levy and Michel will collaborate on building a very select, high-quality catalogue through third-party acquisitions and co-production deals. The company will concentrate exclusively on premium content meant for top-tier multiplatform media outlets.

Levy has two decades of experience working in international television distribution. She started her career at Marathon Media in 1995 as sales manager. After the company merged into Zodiak Media, she began serving as VP of international sales.

Michel commented: "We are very excited to be building a new Kids & Family outfit with Monica. With first-hand experience of her talent and dedication, I know she will help Cottonwood expand from a production studio to global distributor. And Federation is an ideal partner for this venture since—like Cottonwood—it is a premium drama studio that encompasses financing, development and distribution—an agile business model adapted for this new media world."

"I am honored to work with David, Pascal and Lionel," added Levy. "With the talent, experience and resources of such an accomplished executive group, the possibilities for the new Kids & Family division are tremendous. I look forward to being part of the companies' exciting plans for development."