World Screen

This interview appeared in the April 2009 MIPTV edition of World Screen.   With a huge output of product ranging from Hollywood blockbusters to hit network series, tween megahit franchises and charming preschool animation, Ben Pyne, the president of global …

TERRITORIES: The pan-Asian feed is available in some 20 countries across the region, including Australia, China, Thailand and the Philippines. OWNERSHIP: NBC Universal Global Networks Asia Pacific  DISTRIBUTION: 17 million homes via cable and satellite  GENRE: Female-skewed entertainment channel  TARGET …

HARRINGTON PARK: The Giant Screen Films title Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia has been sold by Janson Media to the Odisea Channel in Spain and Portugal. Presented by Donald Sutherland, Dinosaurs: Giant of Patagonia looks at discoveries made in the south …

LONDON: William Miller takes the role of director of talent and brand ventures at BBC Worldwide Content & Production, reporting to the division’s managing director, Wayne Garvie. Miller is tasked with building an international profile for, and developing commercial opportunities with, …

TORONTO: Cookie Jar Entertainment and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) have unveiled a dedicated Busytown Mysteries website, offering preschoolers the chance to interact with the hit series through a variety of games and other elements. The website, located at busytownmysteries.ca …

DUBAI: Lara Haddad has been named to the position of head of production and fiction at Endemol Middle East, based in the company’s Dubai and Beirut offices. Reporting to Ziad Kebbi, managing director, and Dany Karam, creative director, Hadded is tasked with …

LORETO: Rainbow has shored up slots on the fourth season of Winx Club in almost all of the 100 territories that carried the first three seasons of the popular girl-skewing animated series. Deals include Cartoon Network for Australia, New Zealand, …

PALISADES PARK: This week’s FOX special Octomom: The Incredible Unseen Footage is to be represented internationally by Alfred Haber Distribution. The two-hour reality special about Nayda Suleman, a single mother of 14 children, including octuplets, is scheduled to broadcast on FOX …

LONDON: Sky Arts has licensed the rights to HBO’s critically acclaimed drama In Treatment for a daily weeknight 10 p.m. slot. The series stars Gabriel Byrne as a psychoanalyst. Each 30-minute episode, Monday to Thursday, features a different patient, while …

BURBANK: The ninth season of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars will feature a roster of talent that includes former House Majority Leader Tom Delay, singer/actress Kelly Osbourne and Donny Osmond, part of the brother-sister performing duo Donny & Marie. The two-hour season …