Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks, Asia’s North Asian entertainment channels have lined up two simulcast premieres for this month from Japan and Korea.

Blue Ant International has expanded its distribution business with a new premium kids’ offering, including the preschool show Teddies, that it will present to international buyers at MIPJunior.

HOOQ has appointed Jennifer Batty, most recently the executive VP of programming at RTL CBS Asia Entertainment, as its new chief content officer.

Twofour Rights has expanded its distribution team with several promotions and appointments ahead of MIPCOM, including tapping Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) alum Marta Csizmadia as a sales executive.

RTL Group Co-CEOs Guillaume de Posch and Bert Habets talk to World Screen Newsflash about their Total Video strategy, the strengths of the group and the regulatory environment they need to ensure growth in an increasingly competitive media landscape.

Iftah Ya Simsim, an Arabic-language kids’ series based on Sesame Street, is launching its second season on national TV channels across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and parts of the MENA region this week.

All 4 has commissioned Studio Lambert to produce Sketch’s Prison Ink (working title), a docuseries fronted by Tattoo Fixers’ Sketch that explores the tattoo culture in Britain’s prisons.

John Pollak has been elevated to president of worldwide television and international at Electus, where he reports to CEO Chris Grant.

Rebecca Campbell, the president of the ABC Owned Television Station Group and ABC Daytime, will assume the role of president of The Walt Disney Company Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), effective January 1, 2018.

Jakob Mejlhede, the executive VP of programming and content development at MTG, tells World Screen Newsflash about the company's investments in original content, his approach to acquisitions and the differences in programming for linear and nonlinear audiences.