BoPaul Media Worldwide to Debut at MIPTV

LOS ANGELES: Film and TV executive Paul Rich is launching the new film and television distribution company BoPaul Media Worldwide (BMW), which is to formally debut at MIPTV.

The company has more than 800 films and 150 hours of TV series programming. Among the company’s new offerings highlighted at MIPTV will be the documentary Heaven by John Scheinfeld. Also on the company’s slate are five British theatrical films, including Mrs. Caldecott’s Cabbage Wars starring Pauline Collins.

Prior to this, Rich was the senior VP of ICAP Media/Moving Pictures. Earlier he owned and operated Trans Atlantic Entertainment and Bennett Media Worldwide. He is a former head of worldwide distribution at De Laurentiis Entertainment and Metromedia Producers Corp.