Breakthrough Entertainment Appoints Nat Abraham President of Distribution

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Press Release by Breakthrough Entertainment

TORONTO – Breakthrough Entertainment has named Nat Abraham President of Distribution from his previous title of Vice President, effective immediately.  Abraham joined Breakthrough Entertainment bringing nearly two decades of experience in the acquisition and distribution of television programming, including an 11-year tenure with Nielsen Media Research Canada as Group Sales and Marketing Manager; and senior level positions with 20th Century Fox/Astral Distribution where he served as Vice President and Toronto-based broadcast intellectual property watermarking company Audiotrack , where he serve as Co-President.

Continuing its evolution into a fully-integrated production-distribution studio, Breakthrough Entertainment recently launched a film sales unit headed up by Marina Cordoni, Vice President of the newly established division.  Breakthrough also maintains distinct distribution operations involved in global television and digital media.

“Nat Abraham has earned industry-wide recognition for his many years of outstanding worldwide sales efforts on behalf of Breakthrough Entertainment which have greatly contributed to the continued growth of our company.  We are extremely delighted to announce Nat’s well-deserved promotion to President of Distribution, where he will oversee all aspects of Breakthrough’s expanding global distribution efforts across all channels,” said Ira Levy and Peter Williamson, Co-CEO’s of Breakthrough Entertainment.

About Breakthrough Entertainment:
Headquartered in Toronto, Breakthrough Entertainment Inc. (BEI) is a leading global producer and distributor of acclaimed primetime comedy and drama series, as well as factual entertainment, documentaries, television movies, family entertainment and children’s animation. As one of Canada ’s largest television production and distribution companies, BEI has licensed programs to major broadcasters in over 200 territories. With a catalogue of over 2600 half-hours of programming, the company handles distribution as well as worldwide pre-sales, co-productions and third-party acquisitions. In addition to its dedicated program development, production and distribution divisions, Breakthrough’s digital media division ranks among one of the industry’s most respected producers of high quality digital entertainment including websites, and online, mobile, ITV and iphone games.  www.breakthroughentertainment.com [1]