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<\/a>Ricardo Scalamandr\u00e9<\/p><\/div>\n
Ben Silverman, President and CEO of Electus; C\u00e9cile\u00a0\u00a0Frotz-Coutaz, CEO\u00a0 of Fremantle Media; Ricardo Scalamandr\u00e9, Director of international business of Globlo and Irfan Sahin, CEO of Do\u011fan\u00a0TV Holding, are the four selected to receive medals of honor, a disctinction that is awarded to international personalities who for their talent, leadership and passion have contributed to the development of the television industry and\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0international community.<\/p>\n
The presentation\u00a0ceremony<\/b>\u00a0of the Medals of Honor will be\u00a0chaired by Paul Zilk, CEO of Reed Midem,\u00a0<\/b>during a gala dinner that will take place at the Carlton Hotel in Cannes.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0producer<\/b>,\u00a0winner\u00a0of\u00a0an\u00a0Emmy\u00a0and\u00a0a\u00a0Golden\u00a0Globe,\u00a0Ben\u00a0Silverman\u00a0<\/b>created\u00a0Electus,\u00a0<\/b>a next generation production studio of\u00a0which\u00a0he\u00a0is President and Chief Executive Officer. Pioneer in the\u00a0field\u00a0of\u00a0entertainment content Silverman is executive producer of recent successes like\u00a0Jane the Virgin<\/i>\u00a0for The CW;\u00a0Fashion Star<\/i>, about the fashion business that transformed NBC.\u00a0Marco Polo<\/i>\u00a0for Netflix and\u00a0Running Wild<\/i>, with Bear Grylls on NBC, Now he prepares the series as\u00a0Casanova,<\/i>\u00a0directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet for Amazon;\u00a0Fameless,<\/i>\u00a0in collaboration with Executive Producer David Spade for TruTV and the feature film\u00a0Hands of Stone,\u00a0<\/i>with Robert De Niro, Usher and Edgar Ramirez.<\/p>\n
C\u00e9cile Frot-Coutaz, CEO, FremantleMedia.<\/b>\u00a0Supervises a group that invoice over one billion euros and produces more than 10,000 hours of programming per year through its subsidiaries implanted in 28 countries. Born in France, when she was CEO of FremantleMedia North America, produced some of the most successful innovative programs of American television as\u00a0American Idol<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Got Talent.<\/i>\u00a0Began her career in 1994 in Pearson Group London as Corporate Strategy Executive and oversaw the acquisition and integration of a number of companies that contributed to the leadership of FremantleMedia up to what this company is today.<\/p>\n
The director of international business at Globo, Ricardo Scalamandr\u00e9\u00a0<\/b>began his career in the sales department of Brazil’s Globo station. After passing through another Brazilian network and some time in marketing, created a separate independent TV next to Formula 1 racing driver Emerson Fittipaldi, to produce the Indy Formula in Brazil. He returned to Globo in 1997, where he participated in the launch of Globo International currently has six pay-TV channels, as well as a department of production and distribution of sports and entertainment for 190 countries around the world. Recently Globo also licensed feature films Globo Filmes.<\/p>\n
Has proven to be a strategist and an expert in the development and operations of the areas under his control: content distribution, international channels, co-productions and new lines of business.<\/p>\n
Globo currently has more than 130 telenovelas, series and documentaries that are broadcast in more than 170 countries; six international channels are the first for Portuguese-speaking audience residing abroad, with over 2.2 million subscribers worldwide. Globo co-produces telenovelas with Telemundo, Azteca or Portuguese SIC, among others.<\/p>\n
Irfan Sahin, CEO of Do\u011fan TV Holding.\u00a0<\/b>After five years as CEO of Cine5, the first pay-TV channel in Turkey, in 2004 Sahin entered the world of production. His first series,\u00a0Noor – Gumus,<\/i>\u00a0sold to 78 countries, pioneered the opening of Turkish audiovisuals to the world. In 2006 he was appointed Editor-in-Chief of Kanal D, which since then has become the most successful commercial Turkish television channel; in 2010 he was appointed CEO of Do\u011fan TV Holding, which owns Kanal D as well as other open channels, including CNN T\u00fcrk and TV2, digital platforms and production companies. He has overseen the Turkish adaptations of Americans formats like\u00a0Revenge, Desperate Housewives<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Monk<\/i>, in addition to producing successful Turkish formats.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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