World Screen

Twentieth Century Fox produces a constant flow of hit movies and TV series: The Simpsons, Family Guy, 24, Prison Break, Ice Age and Aliens, just to name a few. Elie Dekel recognizes that fans young and old form a strong …

LONDON: ITV Global Content and 19 Entertainment’s Simon Fuller have struck a co-production deal to develop television formats for the worldwide market. ITV will work with the American Idol creator on six projects for broadcasters in the U.K. and worldwide.Teams from both …

Judy Barlow launched APT Worldwide ten years ago, and has put forth a tremendous personal and professional investment in building the business from the ground up. "With the support of our great team on the domestic side, APT Worldwide has …

LONDON: Five new game-show formats from TV Asahi of Japan have been added to the catalogue of Outright Distribution. The shows are Pressure Study, Pressure Relay, Cooking in a Foreign Language, Survival Web Search and Right Turn Only. Pressure Study …

BURBANK: Brenda Bisner has joined Cookie Jar Entertainment as senior manager of domestic consumer products, and will be based in the company’s Burbank office.  Bisner will be responsible for developing licensing programs for Cookie Jar’s consumer brands and entertainment properties …

MARINA: The viewing of professionally produced content online gained 24.3 percent in 2008 to 41.6 billion views, led by the streaming of prime-time shows as well as kids’ fare, according to AccuStream iMedia Research. Pro Online Video Views 1998–2012 reports that professional …

LONDON: Power has struck a pan-regional deal with NBC Universal in Asia across 23 territories for some 50 hours from its co-production slate, including Crusoe and The Day of the Triffids. This pan-regional deal follows the pan regional output deal …

NAME: Martha Speaks ORIGIN: The TV series is based on the best-selling children’s book series of the same name, written and illustrated by Susan Meddaugh. The series of six Martha Speaks books has sold one million copies in the U.S., …

LOS ANGELES: Generate has added a new chief financial officer, Chris Gwiazda, and a new executive VP of business affairs, Tim Stephen, alongside appointments at Generate Studios.   The company named founding partner Pete Aronson as president of Generate Studios, with oversight for the …

CHANNEL: E4 COUNTRY: U.K.   LAUNCH DATE: January 2001 OWNERSHIP: Channel 4 DISTRIBUTION: E4 is a free-to-air digital channel, reaching 87 percent of homes in the U.K. (22.5 million). In an average week, E4 reaches 25.6 percent of all individuals …