World Screen

CANNES: Jane Root, the CEO of Nutopia, the producer of HISTORY’s ambitious America: The Story of Us, delivered the keynote address that wrapped up MIPDoc in Cannes today, in a session moderated by Anna Carugati, the group editorial director of …

LONDON: Channel 4’s 4Rights division has appointed Dominic Schreiber as rights development manager and Ashley Smith as project manager, rights development, as it gears up to expand its U.K. and international businesses this year. Schreiber is tasked with working with …

SANTA MONICA: Moving Pictures Film and Television has acquired Tanner Hall, written and directed by Tatiana von Furstenberg, the daughter of fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, and Francesca Gregorini, the daughter of Barbara Bach and step-daughter of Ringo Starr. The …

CANNES: Chinese broadcaster Tianjin TV is set to launch Metan Development Group’s new celebrity profile series Icons, which will be produced in China at Tianjin’s digital studios. The 52-part series will feature profiles of celebrities from the worlds of film, …

CANNES: Janson Media is on the lookout for a co-production partner for a nonfiction “Mr. and Mrs.” spy movie, tentatively titled Meet Me in Cairo. The project is based on a daredevil Israeli spy, Wolfgang Lotz, and his new wife …

PARIS: Cyber Group Studios has inked development deals with Playhouse Disney in Europe, France 5 and Télétoon for three of its new projects, and has added to its catalogue with new distribution deals. The Paris-based animation studio is working with …

LONDON: The Genius of Design, the latest in Wall to Wall’s Genius Of… franchise, has been sold by Outright Distribution in a number of territories, including Scandinavia, where the show was picked up by NRK Norway, SVT Sweden and DR …

CANNES: In addition to landing format deals on Reality Hell, Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) has sold a range of titles, totaling more than 270 hours, in Australia, India, Malaysia and Thailand. CIMG’s format deals on E!’s hit series Reality …

LORETO/CANNES: Rainbow is launching Winx Club 3D Magical Adventure, its latest feature film in the hit Winx Club franchise, in Cannes this week. In the new 3-D film, Bloom is living happily with her parents in Domino as Princess of …

LONDON: Paul Maidment has been upped to director of BBC Motion Gallery—BBC Worldwide’s stock-footage business—following the departure of Simon Gibbs earlier this year. Maidment joined BBC Motion Gallery in 2003 as business development director and, alongside Gibbs, helped to launch the company. Today, …