GRB's Zuccarelli jumps to A+E International

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Marielle Zuccarelli has been named managing director, international content distribution, for A+E Networks.

In her new position, Zuccarelli will manage the distribution of the network’s 10,000+-hour library, as well as overseeing sales staffs in New York, the U.K., and Singapore, as well as sales reps in Tokyo, Mumbai and Montreal. Zuccarelli will be based in New York.

Zuccarelli joins A+E Networks from GRB Entertainment where she was President of international distribution. During her tenure at GRB, Zuccarelli orchestrated the launch of GRB’s acquisition department with a focus on reality and non-fiction programming.

Prior to joining GRB, Zuccarelli held international sales positions with a number of television companies, including director of international sales at Hypnotic, a division of Universal Studios in New York; vice president of international sales at Gotcha Entertainment; co-founder and vice president of international sales and acquisitions at FEI Ltd; and director of international sales at New Films, International.

Previously, Zuccarelli was founder and president of the Cannes-based firm, MZ COM.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.