SHEFFIELD: Jonny Mitchell, the head teacher at Thornhill Community Academy who appears in the Channel 4 docuseries Educating Yorkshire, has been lined up to give the keynote address at this year's Children's Media Conference (CMC). Mitchell's presence at the event is meant to emphasize the important connection between kids' programming and ...

BARCELONA: The U.K.-based broadcast group CSC Media has picked up the first two seasons of Larva, an animated show from Spain’s Imira Entertainment, along with a soccer-themed special to coincide with the World Cup. The show is a 3D, CGI comedy with no dialogue produced by Tuba n Co. It’s ...

JOHANNESBURG: FOX International Channels (FIC) has renewed its partnership with StarSat in South Africa for the continued carriage of four channels, including the flagship FOX network, and increased the deal with the launch of three additional services. The agreement sees FOX, FX, BabyTV and Fuel continue to be carried on ...

NEW YORK: Watch clips and access detailed information on numerous new shows by visiting our video portal's dedicated Screening Rooms for NATPE Europe & Licensing Expo. WorldScreenings.com allows you to search for a show by company, title, keyword, genre and ...

BUENOS AIRES: Felipe De Stefani has been promoted to general manager of Turner Internacional Argentina (TIA), the largest Turner office outside the U.S., retaining his responsibilities as senior VP and general manager of the company’s trend channels, which include TBS veryfunny, Infinito, truTV, HTV, GLITZ * and MuchMusic. As general ...

Properties with existing consumer awareness are still dominating the kids’ licensing and merchandising space. Parents are well familiar with the insistent “Will you buy that for me?” question with which their little loved ones plead for a toy, plush doll or game connected to a favorite movie or TV show. ...

MADRID: Spain’s Cuatro channel is preparing its new program Adán y Eva, a local adaptation of the Adam Looking for Eve dating show that casts aside makeup and shame in favor of nudity, which will be produced in conjunction with Eyeworks España. This format offers a return to the most ...

NEW YORK: SPI International's FilmBox Live streaming application is slated to become available to Xbox One and Xbox 360 users in Poland. The multiscreen VOD app allows subscribers to access a variety of films and series. It provides live streams of numerous television channels from the FilmBox and Kino Polska ...

LONDON: FOX International Channels (FIC) has appointed Christian Brent as senior VP of global research and audience strategy, a newly created position. Brent will manage all audience research for FIC across the company's three key regions of Europe and Africa; ...

PRAGUE: For NATPE Europe, Construir TV is highlighting three shows that spotlight various professions, all of which are told with a first-person narrative. Its top title is History Restorers, which follows the work done by art-restoration experts. Trades Over Time reveals the origins and evolution of jobs found in our ...