World Screen

LONDON: Mel Alcock has been named CEO for the EMEA region at FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME). Alcock will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing the performance of FME’s operations across the U.K., France and Germany, while developing growth strategies for Turkey, …

NEW YORK/TORONTO, September 9: Little Airplane Productions and Spin Master Entertainment are developing Stella Takes the Stage, a new preschool series that incorporates a groundbreaking visual style called theatre arts animation. Stella Takes The Stage is about a charismatic little …

SHANGHAI: GroupM’s revised This Year, Next Year forecast for China sees ad spend increasing by 5.8 percent this year and then 9.8 percent in 2010, with Internet advertising leading the way. This year, Chinese media spending is expected to hit …

NEW YORK: A new report from the research association The Conference Board and TNS, surveying 10,000 homes across the U.S., reports that nearly one out of four U.S. households watches TV online, up from 20 percent last year, with Hulu.com …

LONDON: Fireworks International is partnering with Alive Entertainment on the development, financing and production of a selection of prime-time drama series and mini-series, with two projects already established. Fireworks will act as the exclusive international distributor for programming produced from …

MONTEREY: Total revenues at the U.S. cable networks increased by more than 9 percent last year, according to SNL Kagan, with growth slowing slightly this year before rebounding in 2010. In 2008,  total revenues gained 9.4 percent to $42.2 billion; ad revenues …

BARCELONA: Imira Entertainment has scored a deal to represent TV rights for the live-action tween/teen series Karkú in Europe. The 76×26-minute series, produced by Chilean outfit My Friend Entertainment in co-production with Televisión Nacional de Chile, will debut at MIP …

TORONTO: Corus Entertainment is rolling out a media campaign in support of the newly rebranded specialty service Dusk, formerly Scream, kicking off today with a month-long free preview. The relaunched channel features a new name—from Scream now to Dusk—a new …

NORWALK: CABLEready has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with ReelzChannel that covers representation outside the U.S. At MIPCOM, CABLEready will be presenting ReelzChannel content such as What I Learned from the Movies, which takes a comedic look at the …

LONDON: The highly anticipated drama FlashForward, which premieres on ABC on September 24, has been sold by Disney-ABC-ESPN Television to 11 new territories across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. It was previously announced that Five in the U.K. is …