World Screen

NEW YORK: In this video interview, Nerd Corps Entertainment‘s founder and CEO, Asaph "Ace" Fipke, together with the company’s president, Ken Faier, and senior VP of production, Chuck Johnson, discuss the company’s growth and its plans for the future.   …

LONDON: Reducing spending on imported programming and sports is among the proposals put forward by the BBC in its Strategy Review, unveiled today. The Review sets out five key priorities: put quality first; do fewer things better; guarantee access to …

MUNICH/LOS ANGELES: Starz Entertainment has snapped up the U.S. rights for Tandem Communications’ eight-hour TV adaptation of Ken Follett’s novel The Pillars of the Earth. Produced by Tandem, MUSE Entertainment and Ridley and Tony Scott’s Scott Free Films, the series …

LONDON/TORONTO: Universal Networks International and E1 Television have firmed up a deal that grants NBC Universal the exclusive global pay-TV rights—excluding the U.S., Canada, France and Germany—for the new police drama Copper. The drama is slated to air mid-2010 in the …

TRIVANDRUM: The Indian animation outfit Toonz Animation India has opened a distribution division in Los Angeles, Toonz Entertainment USA, which will be led by Matt Cooperstein. The new arm will specialize in the worldwide sale and distribution of animated feature …

BURBANK: Cindy Davis has been appointed senior VP of licensing at Copyright Promotions Licensing Group (CPLG) U.S., Cookie Jar Group’s licensing arm. For CPLG, Davis will oversee the development and implementation of merchandising and licensing programs for a variety of …

MEXICO CITY: Comarex has inked a deal with Turner Broadcasting System for the animated series Master Raindrop to debut in Latin America on Cartoon Network this April. Master Raindrop—produced by Big Communications, Flux Animation Studio, Flying Bark Productions and Media …

NEW YORK: The new Bravo docu-series 9 by Design spotlights the husband and wife team of Bob and Cortney Novogratz, who are the owners of the New York design firm Sixx Design. The eight-episode series, which is slated to premiere …

BETHPAGE/NEW YORK: Cablevision subscribers may lose access to their local ABC station this weekend—ahead of the Oscars on Sunday night—over a dispute about retransmission carriage fees. Charles Schueler, the executive VP of communications and community relations at the platform—which serves …

LONDON: The premiere of Pilipinas Got Talent, the Filipino adaptation of FremantleMedia’s hit competition format, debuted on ABS-CBN with a 38.7-percent audience share.  The show ranked as the number one show in the Philippines for the week. Pilipinas Got Talent …