Cineflix Media Ramps Up Development in North America with the Appointment of Bernard Periatambee

International content creator, producer, and distributor Cineflix Media Inc. announced the hire of award-winning executive Bernard Periatambee as VP, Development. 

Periatambee’s new role at Cineflix will focus on developing original unscripted content for network and platform partners in North America. 

Based in the Toronto office and working alongside the company’s established development and production teams in both Toronto and New York, Periatambee will report to Dave Hamilton, EVP, Development, Cineflix Productions. He starts January 15.

“Bernard is one of Canada’s top development executives, with an in-depth knowledge of the programming landscape and a proven track record for taking hit projects from ideation to delivery,” said Dave Hamilton, EVP, Development, Cineflix Productions. “He’s a perfect fit with our creative team, and we’re excited to be working together to develop must-have content for the North American market.”

“There’s great momentum at Cineflix with an exceptional slate of new and returning shows in production. I’m thrilled to be joining the company at such a dynamic time and very keen to get started on creating some new hit series,” said Bernard Periatambee.

Periatambee brings to Cineflix over 15 years of international experience across a wide range of genres including long-running lifestyle and factual series, reality formats, studio talk shows, and art films. Previously, Periatambee served as VP of Factual Development at Frantic Films, where he oversaw a diverse slate for Canadian and US networks. Prior to that, Periatambee held key development roles in the UK at Crackit Productions and Twofour Broadcast, and served as Head of Programmes at Leopard Films. His extensive development and production credits include The Stats of Life, Backyard Builds, Cash in the Attic, Buy It, Fix It, Sell It, and the Canadian Screen Award-winning series Still Standing.

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About Cineflix Media Inc.
Cineflix Media creates, produces, and distributes popular factual and scripted content for the global market with operations in Montreal, Toronto, New York, London, and Dublin. Producing approximately 200 hours of internationally appealing programming per year across a wide range of genres, and with a growing catalogue of 4,500 hours, Cineflix is behind some of the most highly rated TV brands.

For more information, please contact:
Vanessa Marra
Cineflix Media Inc.
+1 514 576 1796
vmarra@cineflix.com

Mark Ogle, OH Communications (for Cineflix)
+44 (0) 7789 981 561
mark@ohcommunications.co.uk