World Screen

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises has lined up fiction and documentary titles to offer international buyers heading to Cannes, among them Busting the Berlin Wall. The 2×52-minute title coincides with the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Also commemorating …

VINCENNES: Alphanim’s television and home-video distribution department is joining forces with its marketing and licensing activities, with all rights now managed within an integrated team, based in Paris. Cédric Petitpas takes on the role of director of international sales, taking …

NEW YORK: WorldScreen.com is giving readers a new way to experience its slate of top content with the MIPTV Multimedia Extravaganza, delivering features, interviews, audio, a range of resources and a special video report on how two major media companies are navigating these …

LONDON: The Australian broadcaster Seven Network has acquired the prime-time nature series Billy Connolly Journey to the Edge of the World from ITV Global. Billy Connolly Journey to the Edge of the World takes viewers on a voyage through the …

TORONTO/LONDON: On the heels of a second-season commission from CBeebies, Grandpa In My Pocket has been sold by DECODE Enterprises to three new international broadcasters. Canada’s TVO, Australia’s ABC TV and Al Jazeera Children’s Channel have all taken on the series, …

MEVASSERT ZION: New scripted dramas and comedies have been added to Armoza Formats’ catalogue for international buyers at the upcoming MIPTV market. The Naked Truth, created by Uri and Benni Barabash, follows the disappearance of a teenage girl and the …

TORONTO: A new cookery show available as a 6×30-minute series and 20×5-minute shorts will be presented alongside a host of documentary, sci-fi and lifestyle fare in Tricon Films & Television’s MIPTV catalogue. Originally a series of 2 five-minute online shorts, Bitchin’ …

Co-chairman & CEO Lionsgate   Any conversation with Jon Feltheimer, the co-chairman and CEO of Lionsgate, about his company will quickly come to the word “entrepreneurial.” He uses it often, with pride and satisfaction, to describe the approach that his …

Director General Al Jazeera Al Jazeera began as a single news channel in 1996 serving the Arab world. Through the years it has grown to an Arabic-language bouquet that includes five sports channels, a documentary channel, two children’s channels, as …

Creator & Executive Producer Mad Men As the creator and executive producer of Mad Men, Matthew Weiner takes viewers back in time to the ruthlessly competitive world of Madison Avenue advertising in the ’60s. Mad Men won the Golden Globe …