Paris – Novavision has created a dedicated acquisitions department. It will be run by Charlene Calmano, who will report to François-Xavier Poirier, Novavision’s President and CEO.

With its programming distributed in 115 territories, Novavision generates 90% of its revenue from export, of which 45% is from Asia. The  number of international rights holders supplying Novavision with content almost doubled in the past year, going from nine in 2010 to 16 at the end of 2011.

The company recently acquired gameshow format The Quiz, which is already being coproduced with local partners in Sri Lanka and Brazil. Among other recent acquisitions are Mad Pursuit and Robbery and The Bubble Comedy Show.