World Screen

SILVER SPRING: Beth Hoppe, the former head of New York-based Optemen Productions, has been named as an executive producer of Discovery Channel’s ambitious upcoming project Curiosity: The Questions of Life. The 60-episode series is slated to premiere in February 2011 …

LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment has signed a first-look development and distribution agreement with British indie producer Ruby Television.  The multi-year agreement provides ITV Studios Global Entertainment with exclusive international TV distribution rights on all-new productions created by Ruby Television, which is led by …

CULVER CITY: Sony Pictures Television has scooped up the rights to this year’s Video Game Awards for broadcast on its Animax channels across Asia, Central Europe, Latin America, Brazil, Africa, Spain and Portugal. The event is set to reach more than …

NEW YORK: Time Warner’s share price rose this morning following the completion of its separation from AOL; the Internet company, meanwhile, saw its stock price dip in the morning trading session. By noon today, Time Warner’s share price had risen …

NEW YORK: Lorber HT Digital holding company Hidden Treasures has acquired Kino International, merging to form Kino Lorber, with a combined library of more than 600 titles. Richard Lorber, the president and CEO of Lorber HT Digital, and Donald Krim, …

NEW YORK: Despite the emergence of new viewing devices and media, TV is still the dominant platform among all children ages 2 to 11, according to Nielsen, with usage at an eight-year high when including DVR playback or timeshifted viewing.  …

GRAND RAPIDS: The international distribution rights for Enthusiastic Productions’ flagship show Come On Over! have been taken on by JBMW Media, led by Jennifer Monier-Williams, the former VP of worldwide distribution for Sesame Workshop. Come On Over! features Joel and …

LONDON: Daniela Matei, who left ProSiebenSat.1 Group earlier this year, has been named CEO of Nordic, Eastern Europe and the Balkans at FremantleMedia, filling a newly created role at the company. Matei, reporting to Simon Spalding, regional CEO for Europe …

NEW YORK: Rainbow Media has licensed the movie-industry-themed talk show In the House with Peter Bart & Peter Guber for its newly launched Sundance Channel in Europe and Asia. In the House with Peter Bart & Peter Guber makes its international …

NEW YORK/MUMBAI: Leading Hindi-language entertainment channel Colors has secured carriage with DISH Network in the U.S., where it is set to launch early next year. Operated by Viacom18, Colors has dominated the ratings in India over the last year. It …