Rive Gauche Promotes Sales Exec

LOS ANGELES: Rive Gauche Television has promoted Tomas Silva to VP of international sales.

Silva joined Rive Gauche in 2008 as international sales executive, heading the company’s distribution entry into Latin America. He has worked for the Buenos Aires-based Dinter Television, where he represented TV Globo for Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. He has also held senior-level sales positions with APA International Films and Unapix International, among other roles.

“Tomas has played a pivotal role in furthering Rive Gauche as an important supplier of top programming in the region,” said Jon Kramer, the chairman and CEO of Rive Gauche Television. “Under his guidance, we have built strong relationships with major broadcasters and achieved impressive sales of our expansive catalogue of reality and documentary programming across the all-important Latin American region.”