World Screen

TORONTO: Cookie Jar Group’s CPLG Canada has named Andrew Kamondy as senior licensing director, where he will work on a client roster that includes (Not So) Scary Monsters, The Latest Buzz and It’s Happy Bunny, among others. “Andrew brings years of licensing experience …

NEW YORK: BET Networks’ recently launched channel Centric has appointed Essie Chambers as senior VP of original programming and Depelsha McGruder as senior VP of business operations. Both Chambers and McGruder will report to Paxton Baker, the executive VP and general …

TORONTO: BBC Worldwide’s ten-part natural-history series Life, narrated by David Attenborough, will air on Discovery Channel Canada next month. Discovery Channel Canada debuts the show with two back-to back episodes on November 15. Four years in the making, Life features footage …

NEW YORK: Time Warner Cable has launched its first Hispanic free on demand channel, Lo Mejor On Demand (LMOD), featuring a slate of shows from Univision. Time Warner Digital Cable customers now have 24/7 instant access to top Spanish-language programming from Univision, …

NEW YORK: Bravo has given a second-season order to its competition series Top Chef Masters, in which renowned chefs compete in a series of weekly challenges. An extension of its popular Top Chef franchise, Top Chef Masters sees well-known chefs competing …

NEW YORK: Launching at the end of this month with an exclusive Madonna concert from Buenos Aires, the new premium service EPIX is set to feature a special with rockers Kings of Leon in December, filmed at the O2 Arena in …

PARIS: TF1’s second in command, Axel Duroux, is exiting the French broadcasting group with immediate effect over "strategic differences." Duroux’s stint as executive VP of the TF1 group was a brief one, after just having joined the group last month …

LONDON/NEW YORK: HandMade Films, whose assets include the classic Eloise brand, is raising about £17 million via a new share issue and is embarking on a dramatic expansion of its kids business, acquiring New York-based Animation Collective and proposing a …

SYDNEY: Australia’s Seven Network is set to launch its new free-to-air digital channel, 7TWO, on November 1, delivering a broad entertainment slate, primarily of American and British series. Seven’s director of programming and production, Tim Worner, said the new network …

SEOUL: CNBC is partnering with SBS (Seoul Broadcasting System) for a co-branded 24-hour business news network slated to make its debut in Korea in January. In addition to its flagship pan-regional CNBC Asia, CNBC’s Asia Pacific operations include the joint ventures CNBC-TV18 …