World Screen

NEW YORK: Allen Bohbot has announced the formation of a new animation production and distribution company, 41 Entertainment, with several projects in development and pre-production for roll out in 2011 and 2012. The company is working on the 26×26-minute Marco Antonio …

LONDON/HONG KONG: News Corporation has tapped Sarah Harden as group director of partnerships and development in Asia, based in Hong Kong. Previously senior VP of business development at Fox Networks Group, Harden will now be responsible for News Corp.’s existing joint …

LOS ANGELES/CANNES: Marvel Animation is set to deliver a new animated Spider-Man series in the fall of 2011, with Disney XD as the primary worldwide television partner. Ultimate Spider-Man will chronicle Peter Parker’s evolution from a naïve teen hotshot to a …

CANNES: The winners of the International Digital Emmy Awards were announced at a ceremony in Cannes on Monday hosted by actor Jason Priestley, with wins for New Zealand and the U.K. The event, organized by the International Academy of Television …

ROME/CANNES: SKY Italia is partnering with the BBC, Shine’s Kudos Film & TV and the Italian start-up production company WildSide on the eight-part historical drama The Medici. Created by Kudos, the project has the backing of the BBC and is being …

KNOXVILLE: Laureen Ong, who ran National Geographic Channel in the U.S. for a number of years before becoming COO at STAR in Hong Kong, has been tapped as the new president of Travel Channel. Ong takes up her post at …

CANNES: Just a week after reaching a deal with Channel One for a Russian version of Prison Break, Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution is working with CTC on a local version of the hit comedy How I Met Your Mother. …

SINGAPORE: HBO Asia’s new 24-hour channel, RED, has launched on Indovision in Indonesia, delivering Asian blockbuster movies, TV series, celebrity interviews, entertainment news and more. "We are very excited that RED is now available to viewers in Asia with Indovision subscribers in …

LONDON/MADRID: Chellomedia has acquired from ONO Group a group of Spanish cable-TV channels that will be integrated into its Iberian arm, Chello Multicanal. With the acquisition of the Teuve slate, Chello Multicanal becomes the largest channel operator in Spain and Portugal, …

CANNES: In his MIPTV keynote today, which was followed by a Q&A with World Screen‘s Anna Carugati, Starz chief Chris Albrecht stressed the importance of the international market to the profitability of shows today. "If you want to monetize your …