World Screen

LONDON: GroupM has issued a revised advertising forecast for the U.K. market this year, predicting a smaller decline than previously expected, while upgrading its projections for 2010. Advertising spending in measured media in the U.K. is expected to fall 12 …

TORONTO/LONDON: DHX Media has made personnel appointments within its senior team, as well as within key operating divisions. Anne Loi has been upped from senior VP of finance and operations at DECODE Entertainment to senior VP of finance and operations …

LONDON: Jane Rogerson has been appointed to the newly created role of director of commissioning at UKTV. Rogerson is currently the director of factual and factual entertainment commissioning. She now takes on sole responsibility for managing UKTV’s in-house commissioning team …

LONDON: Outright Distribution has established a significant new fund, available from the beginning of 2010, that is to be invested in a combination of first-look deals and advances, primarily for content generated from within the U.K. and U.S. Outright is …

SANTA MONICA: The new online video destination MOVIECLIPS.com, which launched today in beta, features more than 12,000 two-minute streaming clips from the libraries of 20th Century Fox, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM), Paramount, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures. The …

LONDON/BRUSSELS: KidsCo has struck a carriage deal with France’s Numericable, bringing the channel into Belgium and Luxembourg. KidsCo is slated to go on air with Numericable in January 2010. Numericable will be broadcasting KidsCo in French, English, Portuguese, German and …

PARIS: Moonscoop has signed a deal with Germany’s KI.KA for the animated series SamSam, as well as for a second season of ToddWorld. The 78×11-minute ToddWorld is based on the books by Todd Parr. Each episode of the 2-D animated …

COPENHAGEN: Sweden-based production company Silverback has been commissioned by TV2 in Denmark to executive produce a local version of the ITV Studios format Hell’s Kitchen. Wassim Hallal joins as host of the new Hell’s Kitchen Denmark. Hallal will pit ten …

LONDON: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has added two new categories to its annual British Academy Television Awards: Supporting Actress and Supporting Actor. Additionally for 2010, the Comedy Performance category will be divided into two, recognizing both …

NEW YORK: The United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA)’s 14th annual Awards Dinner and Dance, to be held on December 4, will recognize Bill Roedy, the chairman and chief executive of MTV Networks International (MTVNI), for his work in HIV/AIDS outreach. …