Cineflix Rights appoints Felicia Litovitz as VP, Acquisitions, North America

Cineflix Rights has appointed Felicia Litovitz to the newly created role of VP, Acquisitions, North America, as the company continues to expand its portfolio of third-party content.

A seasoned acquisitions executive, Litovitz will build Cineflix Rights’ catalogue of factual and scripted content from US and Canadian producer partners. Her role will also focus on securing distribution rights through setting up first-look, development and output deals, pre-sales and co-productions. Reporting to Richard Life, Head of Acquisitions, Felicia will be based in the Toronto office and will lead Cineflix Rights’ North American acquisitions team alongside Giuliana Benvenuto, Manager, Acquisitions, North America.

Richard Life, Head of Acquisitions, Cineflix Rights, said: “Boosting Cineflix Rights’ North American acquisitions team reflects our ambition to significantly grow our content offering to global buyers; I’m delighted to have Felicia’s talent and experience on board to help us deliver this strategy. As well as traditional program acquisitions, her role will promote business development through the range of innovative financing options we offer producers to get their shows greenlit and maximising their returns.”

Felicia Litovitz added: “Cineflix Rights has one of the best reputations in the business as a hard-working team which provides fantastic results for their producer partners. I’m looking forward to joining the company and bringing in more of the best content from North America’s most creative producers.”

Litovitz has more than 15 years’ experience in various roles across the TV and film industry. She joins Cineflix Rights from Fremantle, where she held the role of Director, Distribution representing globally successful brands including Jamie Oliver, Grand Designs, Project Runway, and Family Feud. She was previously Manager, Content Acquisitions at Corus Entertainment, acquiring TV series and feature films for all Corus channels including History, National Geographic, Food Network, and HGTV. Before joining Corus, she was Programming and Acquisitions Manager at Spafax Canada.

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For more information, contact Mark Ogle at OH Communications (for Cineflix Rights):

mark@ohcommunications.co.uk / +44 (0) 7789 981561

About Cineflix Rights
Cineflix Rights is the UK’s largest independent TV content distributor, providing premium programming from leading international producers to more than 500 broadcasters and platforms worldwide. Our diverse catalogue spans the full range of factual genres, as well as scripted series and formats. Established in 2002, Cineflix Rights is based in London and part of the Cineflix Media group of companies.