TBS ups Forti to TEN

Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) has promoted Laura Forti to the role of VP of Turner Entertainment Networks (TEN) Distribution.

Forti was most recently director of TEN Distribution, which handles sales of original programming on TBS, TNT, truTV and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) internationally.

Recent deals Forti has completed include selling TBS’s upcoming series CeeLo Green’s The Good Life to Mark Burnett’s One Three Media and Bam’s Bad Ass Game Show to Zodiak Rights.

Forti, who has spent the past nine years with TBS, is based in LA and reports to Patrick Kelly, senior VP of business affairs for TEN.