Video Interview: Dick Robertson

NEW YORK: Industry veteran Dick Robertson discusses in this video interview his partnership with Globo and the great potential the catalogue has for the U.S. and Canadian markets.

At the start of the year, Globo TV International entered into a partnership with Tony Fantozzi and Dick Robertson to act as consultants, contributing to the company’s new strategy for the U.S. and Canada. Fantozzi and Robertson were tapped to explore new co-production deals with English-language channels.

“This partnership is a continuity of our strategy of co-production,” Raphael Corrêa Netto, the head of international sales for Globo, said at the time of the announcement. “We have combined the expertise of two veterans with the quality of programming we have.”

Fantozzi was an agent at William Morris for 40 years. Robertson’s 40-year career includes serving in the office of the president of Lorimar-Telepictures in the ’80s, and later spending 17 years as the president of Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. Both are now working to exploit Globo’s deep catalogue of programming, with series that have resonated across Brazil, and turn the shows into hits in North America.