World Screen

NAME: Gladiators ORIGIN: Based on an original story by Elena Bucaccio and Alessandro Sermoneta, inspired by the history of the Roman Empire. DISTRIBUTOR: Worldwide distribution is handled by Mondo TV in Italy. CREATORS: Orlando Corradi (Mondo TV) and Marco Marcolini …

COO & President CME   April 2009   Central European Media Enterprises (CME) was founded in 1994 by Ronald Lauder and has become the leading broadcast group in Central and Eastern Europe. Today, with stations in seven countries—Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech …

STAMFORD: Mike Pavone has been appointed executive VP of WWE Studios, to lead the company’s theatrical releases, direct-to-DVD movies, series and reality programming. Pavone will report directly to World Wrestling Entertainment chairman Vince McMahon. Since 2008, Pavone has been a …

SÃO PAULO: Globo TV International’s telenovela The Favorite has been sold in 70 percent of countries across Latin America, including Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela and Puerto Rico. The production is to further launch in the second semester in Ecuador, the Dominican …

TORONTO: More than 200 hours of programming deals have already been secured by DECODE Enterprises on titles such as Bo on the GO! and Animal Mechanicals. Hop! in Romania went for four preschool shows from DECODE. This includes all available …

June 2009   The story of the telenovela genre in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is filled with as many ups and downs as any good romantic tale. In the ’90s, stations that were popping up across newly liberalized markets …

MUNICH/BUDAPEST: Titles such as the romantic TV movies This Time It’s Love and Sweet Summer will be on offer from Bavaria Media in Budapest this week. Bavaria will be presenting the two new romantic TV movies This Time It’s Love and …

PARIS: Zodiak Entertainment has bagged sales on its music entertainment formats Twist & Shout and Stars on Stage across Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Australia. The one-hour musical talent-show Twist & Shout has been licensed by ATV …

LONDON: Patrick Younge, who most recently headed up Travel Channel in the U.S., is joining BBC Vision Productions as chief creative officer. Younge replaces Peter Salmon, who is now director of BBC North, at BBC Vision Productions, which churns out hits such …

SCOTTSDALE: According to research firm In-Stat, networked video gaming consoles are the most used devices for watching online content on television sets and will remain so through 2013. By 2013, more than 10.7 million consoles will be used as web-to-TV devices …