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  • BBC Worldwide Latin America appoints David Hanono as general manager sales & digital

    BBC Worldwide Latin America appoints David Hanono as general manager sales & digital

    MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide has recently appointed of David Hanono as General Manager Sales and Digital for Latin America & US Hispanic with effect from 21st July 2016 .

    In his new role, Hanono will oversee all content sales for BBC Worldwide Latin America & US Hispanic which includes Digital, TV and format sales alongside his ongoing responsibility for Ad sales across the region.

    Hanono has extensive experience in digital TV and wider media and technology industry, having worked in global media organizations for 20 years.

    Commenting on David’s appointment, Anna Gordon Executive Vice President and Managing Director for BBC Worldwide, Latin America & US Hispanic, said: “For this expanded, strategic sales role, which is responsible for the whole of sales across BBC Worldwide Latam & US Hispanic, David has ideal mix of top quality functional experience and superb sector knowledge. It is essential to have a leader who can integrate the team and drive new commercial opportunities. David is an excellent asset to the BBC Worldwide leadership team.”

    Hanono commented, “Latin America and US Hispanic are dynamic and very important regions for BBC Worldwide, where we are increasingly building audiences with our world-class content and services for our customers in fast growth markets. I’m incredibly excited by the scope of business opportunities across the region and I’m looking forward to fostering new and existing partnerships while leading a highly talented sales team.”

    Since 2013, David has led BBC Worldwide’s Digital business in the region, where he has succeeded in delivering double digit growth in programme sales and expanded the portfolio of BBC customers in the region particularly in OTT. David also presided over the launch of BBC Worldwide’s first children’s application, CBeebies, which launched last year in Latin America and US Hispanic.

    Hanono, previously Vicepresident Digital Business Development and Ad Sales for BBCW Latin America and U.S. Hispanic, has broad experience in the media, telecommunications and entertainment industries, spanning several countries across Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean.

    Prior to joining BBC, David held key positions at Univision, Lucent Technologies and NEC amongst others. Based at BBC Worldwide’s Regional headquarters in Miami, Hanono will start his new role immediately.

  • BBC Worldwide Latin America appoints David Hanono as general manager sales & digital

    BBC Worldwide Latin America appoints David Hanono as general manager sales & digital

    MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide has recently appointed of David Hanono as General Manager Sales and Digital for Latin America & US Hispanic with effect from 21st July 2016 .

    In his new role, Hanono will oversee all content sales for BBC Worldwide Latin America & US Hispanic which includes Digital, TV and format sales alongside his ongoing responsibility for Ad sales across the region.

    Hanono has extensive experience in digital TV and wider media and technology industry, having worked in global media organizations for 20 years.

    Commenting on David’s appointment, Anna Gordon Executive Vice President and Managing Director for BBC Worldwide, Latin America & US Hispanic, said: “For this expanded, strategic sales role, which is responsible for the whole of sales across BBC Worldwide Latam & US Hispanic, David has ideal mix of top quality functional experience and superb sector knowledge. It is essential to have a leader who can integrate the team and drive new commercial opportunities. David is an excellent asset to the BBC Worldwide leadership team.”

    Hanono commented, “Latin America and US Hispanic are dynamic and very important regions for BBC Worldwide, where we are increasingly building audiences with our world-class content and services for our customers in fast growth markets. I’m incredibly excited by the scope of business opportunities across the region and I’m looking forward to fostering new and existing partnerships while leading a highly talented sales team.”

    Since 2013, David has led BBC Worldwide’s Digital business in the region, where he has succeeded in delivering double digit growth in programme sales and expanded the portfolio of BBC customers in the region particularly in OTT. David also presided over the launch of BBC Worldwide’s first children’s application, CBeebies, which launched last year in Latin America and US Hispanic.

    Hanono, previously Vicepresident Digital Business Development and Ad Sales for BBCW Latin America and U.S. Hispanic, has broad experience in the media, telecommunications and entertainment industries, spanning several countries across Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean.

    Prior to joining BBC, David held key positions at Univision, Lucent Technologies and NEC amongst others. Based at BBC Worldwide’s Regional headquarters in Miami, Hanono will start his new role immediately.

  • Anna Gordon is BBC Worldwide director of global sales strategy, business development and planning

    Anna Gordon is BBC Worldwide director of global sales strategy, business development and planning

    MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC‘s commercial arm BBC Worldwide has announced the appointment of Anna Gordon as director of global sales strategy, business development and planning.

    She joins in a new role, designed to further develop the company‘s position as a world-class sales operator. Her role includes responsibility for the high level sales strategy and supporting the company‘s many sales teams around the world and at major markets including BBC Worldwide Showcase, Mipcom and MipTV.

    BBC Worldwide president, global markets Paul Dempsey made the appointment. His role overseeing all BBC Worldwide‘s business across all non-English speaking territories around the world, also includes global responsibility for sales.

    He said, “I‘m really proud of our sales operation. Customers all around the world respect our teams for their talent and professionalism. But we‘re not going to rest on our laurels. Our aspiration is to be even better, and Anna‘s role has been designed to help us to do that. She joins with excellent credentials from the BBC and I‘m looking forward to working with her.”

    Gordon said, “BBC Worldwide is a world-class sales operation and I am thrilled to be joining such a high performing team. I look forward to working with Paul and the global sales teams as they continue to build on this success for the future.”

    The appointment follows BBC Worldwide‘s reorganisation in April which saw the business reconfigured from divisional to geographical reporting lines across seven major markets, reflecting its ambition to grow internationally.