World Screen

LONDON/NEW YORK: New U.S. apparel deals have been secured by Chorion across its hit properties Olivia and Mr. Men and Little Miss. H.I.S. International Group, in conjunction with Bentex Group, becomes the lead apparel licensee for the Nickelodeon series Olivia. …

LUXEMBOURG: As a result of goodwill impairments at Five in the U.K. and Greece’s Alpha Media Group, RTL Group recorded a 105 million euros loss in the first half of the year, on revenues that were down 9.6 percent to …

ATLANTA: Coming off a record-setting first season, Star Wars: The Clone Wars returns with 22 all-new episodes on October 2 on Cartoon Network. The CG-animated series from creator George Lucas and Lucasfilm Animation will launch into its second season with …

TORONTO: Titles from Portfolio Entertainment’s slate of food-based offerings such as Everyday Exotic, Chef Abroad and French Food at Home have notched up new international sales. Discovery Networks Asia went for 39 half-hour episodes of Everyday Exotic, which features a …

NEW YORK: EPIX is to present the original comedy event Stark Raving Black, featuring The Daily Show contributor Lewis Black. The special will be filmed at the historic Fillmore Theater in Detroit, and will be taped in front of a …

LOS ANGELES: For the 2009 IBC Conference in Amsterdam, Martin Pompadur, the chairman and founding partner of Metan Development Group, will deliver a keynote address titled Predicting Patterns of the Future: The Changing Face of Media and News. Pompadur co-founded …

TORONTO: Canada’s Global kicks off its fall season with the highly anticipated series premiere of Glee on September 9 at 9 p.m., followed by the debut of the all-new Melrose Place at 10 p.m. The following day, on September 10, …

BUENOS AIRES: Fox International Channels’ Fox Telecolombia division has begun production on Cadabra, a new supernatural series that will be available across Latin America on premium cable via LAPTV. The 13×1-hour series focuses on a 17-year-old boy whose escape from …

NEW YORK: Casey Bloys has been upped to senior VP of HBO Entertainment comedy series, while Jocelyn Diaz joins the company as VP for drama series. Bloys oversees the development and production of all half-hour scripted comedy series for the …

HANOI: Discovery Channel has launched a new initiative in Vietnam to support aspiring filmmakers, with a view to producing five specials that will air across the region. First Time Filmmaker (FTFM) Vietnam will provide local filmmakers with hands-on training and professional …