World Screen

ATLANTA: China International TV Corporation (CITVC), a division of Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, has inked a deal with Castalia Communications to take its content to Latin America. The deal, clinched at NATPE, will see Castalia licensing select CCTV content to broadcast, satellite, cable …

BURBANK: Bruce Kalish is to serve as showrunner for Cookie Jar Entertainment’s new series Mudpit, produced by the company’s teen and adult label, The Jar. Production will begin in April on 26 episodes of the live-action/animated hybrid. The show revolves …

BOGATA: Caracol Television’s Without Breasts There is No Paradise is being adapted for the Italian market, with a local version in production for Mediaset. The Italian version, which began shooting this week in Buenos Aires, is being produced by Grundy …

NEW YORK: E1 Television and E1 Music are partnering with recording artist Faith Evans to release a new studio album and reality series, It’s All About Faith. E1 Television, in partnership with Evans and Ten2One Entertainment, will chronicle the singer’s …

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO: En el marco de una conferencia con analistas, Adolfo Cerezo Pérez, director de finanzas y administración de Telmex, habría enfatizado que la empresa continúa en la búsqueda de la modificación de su título de concesión que le …

NEW YORK: Andrea Wong is leaving her post as president and CEO of Lifetime Entertainment Services, just a few months after the company was acquired by A&E Television Networks. Wong exits ahead of her contract expiration in April. She has …

NEW YORK: Daniel Lewis has been named to the newly created role of director of new media communications at Sesame Workshop, where he will work to leverage social media to extend the company’s reach. Lewis previously served as a consultant …

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO: Según estimaciones, más de 39 millones de personas podrían ver el Mundial de fútbol Sudáfrica 2010 a través de la plataforma en línea de Televisa, informaron fuentes locales.  La publicación El financiero en línea, destacó que Juan …

CHATSWORTH: Image Entertainment has appointed Ray Gagnon, who has worked in the home-entertainment industry for more than two decades, as executive VP of worldwide sales. Gagnon recently served as executive VP of worldwide sales for Anchor Bay Entertainment. Prior to …

MONTREAL: TELETOON and Sardine Productions are developing a new 52×11-minute series, tentatively titled Tim, about an ordinary boy who finds himself inexplicably as a cartoon character in an animated world. In the series, Tim quickly discovers that being a cartoon …