World Screen

HILVERSUM: Eduardo Tironi Fontaine has been appointed managing director of Endemol Chile, joining from a role at TVN as manager of foreign programming.  Fontaine has more than 15 years of experience in the TV sector, including a four-year stint as …

LONDON: Rights to selected English Premier League and Scottish Premier League games are up for grabs, after ailing Irish broadcaster Setanta Sports failed to make two crucial rights payments. Setanta had till Friday to make a final £10 million payment to …

TORONTO: Breakthrough Films & Television has started production on the comedy pilot Single White Spenny, starring Spencer Rice of Kenny vs. Spenny, for Showcase in Canada. Single White Spenny follows the dating misadventures of Rice, who is co-creator for the …

LOS ANGELES: Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) has continued sales in Korea on a range of lifestyle programming from The Style Network.  TCAST’s Fashion N took on seasons one and two of Style Her Famous, hosted by America’s Next Top Model …

LONDON: National Geographic Television International (NGTI) has firmed up agreements with three Australian broadcasters for factual content such as Herod’s Lost Tomb and Diving with Aliens. ABC took four hours of programming, including Herod’s Lost Tomb, a history offering. The …

LONDON: A report from Futuresource Consulting has found that 8 percent of consumers surveyed in the U.K., France, Germany and the U.S. admit to accessing pirated content from file-sharing websites. Living With Digital: Consumer Insights into Entertainment Consumption provided respondents …

LONDON: Preschool channel JimJam has struck a one-year deal to provide two hours of new programming for transmission every three months on Air New Zealand’s international flights. Passengers will have the option of non-stop viewing or tailoring their own schedule …

SILVER SPRING: AFI-Discovery Channel SILVERDOCS Documentary Festival has announced its award winners, with winning filmmakers receiving more than $70,000 in combined cash and prizes. The SILVERDOCS sterling award for a U.S. feature went to October Country, which documents the story of …

LONDON: Lucy Lumsden is leaving the BBC after 11 years, having most recently served as the head of comedy commissioning, to join Sky1 as the channel’s head of comedy. Lumsden takes on the role in fall. She’s served as the …

LONDON: High Point Media Group is to represent the catalogue of Mumbai-based Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC) outside of India, kicking off the partnership with the release of the film Ek Tho Chance (Last Chance Mumbai). Last Chance Mumbai follows the …