World Screen

SINGAPORE: Bomanbridge Media, FCCE Asia Pacific and Scrawl Studios will be distributing Asian-made content at MIPCOM, joining a nine-company delegation led by the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) to promote a slate of some 375 hours of programming. Scrawl, …

LONDON: Randall Broman is taking up the post of president of worldwide sales at Power, succeeding Chris Philip, who is leaving the company to start a new venture. Broman was part of the sales team at Power from 2004 to …

MAINZ: Touting the tagline Passion for Excellence, ZDF Enterprises is heading to MIPCOM with a slate of fiction, documentaries and children’s programming, including the brand-new 3-D HD animated series The Jungle Book. Based on Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale of the …

NEW YORK: Next month, HBO is set to air a documentary special about celebrated author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, ahead of the theatrical release of Spike Jonze’s highly anticipated feature film adaptation Where the Wild Things Are. Premiering on HBO on October …

ORIGIN: Based on the television series Life with Derek. DISTRIBUTOR: Shaftesbury Sales Company CREATOR: Daphne Ballon TV SHOW: Vacation with Derek is a 90-minute live-action TV movie based on Shaftesbury’s hit kids’ comedy series Life with Derek, about step siblings …

LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment has notched up a slew of international sales for the crime thriller Lewis, which is now seen in more than 120 territories. Germany’s ZDF went for seasons two and three, Australia’s Seven took on season …

LONDON: Joe Godwin has been tapped as the new director of BBC Children’s, assuming oversight for the preschool service CBeebies and for CBBC, which unveiled its new winter and spring lineup today. Godwin is currently the head of news, factual …

TORONTO: The World Congress of Science and Factual Producers (WCSFP) has lined up two banner sessions for the event, taking place December 1 to 4 in Melbourne, Australia, in addition to the workshops, networking opportunities, pitch meetings and panels that …

PARIS: Mediatoon Distribution has announced changes to its sales team, including Jérôme Alby’s promotion to deputy general manager. In addition, Jessica Delahaie is the newly appointed sales executive for Eastern Europe and the Middle East.  The company will be at MIPCOM …

MONTREAL: The production outfit La Presse Télé will be distributing its own original TV formats at MIPCOM, including The Parents and Seduction. The Parents is a sketch series about the art of being a parent. Each week the show will …