LONDON: Entertainment One (eOne) Licensing has appointed Nina Leong as senior VP of the lifestyle division, which is home to such popular brands as SO SO Happy and Skelanimals. In her new position, Leong will supervise the lifestyle team based in Calabasas, California. She is expected to develop U.S. and ...

PARIS: Gaumont Animation has placed its animated CGI series Calimero with broadcasters around the world. The 104×11-minute title, a reboot of a 1963 series, follows the adventures of a little chicken and his three eager companions. Broadcasters that have nabbed the show include Discovery Kids Latin America, TiJi in Russia, ...

SYDNEY: Mark and Carl Fennessy are planning to leave their roles as CEOs of Shine Australia later this year. Endemol Shine Group had been negotiating the pair's future beyond their existing contract, but instead the CEOs have decided to depart; they will see through their executive duties on the current ...

LOS ANGELES: Silver Eagle Acquisition Corp., the acquisition vehicle formed by Harry Sloan and Jeff Sagansky, has completed its $273.3 million deal with India's Videocon d2h, a direct-to-home pay-TV provider, which has now gone public in the U.S. on NASDAQ. The company made its debut on the NASDAQ Global Select ...

NEW YORK: A rundown of all the exclusive interviews and insightful trend features you’ll find in the MIPTV issue, which marks the 30th anniversary of World Screen. We’re always talking to content executives about what’s hot right now—or what’s coming ...

NEW YORK: The World Screen Preview for MIPTV provides you with a number of useful services in one location, including a video interview, Q&As, features, resources such as a hotel and restaurant directory and much more. View the Preview here. ...

NEW YORK/ENGLEWOOD: Sling TV has scored a deal to become the first live internet TV service to offer linear and VOD content from HBO, adding it to its lineup in time for the season five premiere of Game of Thrones. HBO will be available for $15 per month to Sling ...

LOS ANGELES: A consortium of Japanese companies, led by Imagica Robot Holdings and including the Cool Japan Fund and Sumitomo Corporation, has finalized its acquisition of SDI Media. Through the deal, the consortium gains access to the world's largest owned-and-operated ...

CANNES: While Foxx New Media is a fresh entrant to the market, the company’s CEO, Martina Liskova, has 15 years of experience working in international media. “Unique in our ability to deliver a fully bespoke and personal service, Foxx New Media believes in listening to the programming needs of its ...

CANNES: The Globo highlight Precious Pearl, winner of the 2014 International Emmy Award for best telenovela, follows the love story between a working-class girl and a millionaire in Brazil during the 1930s and 1940s. It also tells the story of Pearl, who was born out of their union and will ...