World Screen

NEEDHAM/LOS ANGELES: Ahead of NATPE, Echo Bridge Entertainment has appointed Emilia Nuccio as VP of international sales, overseeing Latin America, Italy and the U.S. Hispanic market. Nuccio will be attending the market in Las Vegas next week to talk to …

LOS ANGELES: Indie producer and management studio Generate has hired Chris Pollack and Will Lowery to join its growing management division and diversify its client base.  Pollack joins Generate from running his own independent management firm. He has worked with …

LONDON: Universal Pictures International Entertainment (UPIE) has scored the DVD and download-to-own rights for FremantleMedia’s BBC One drama Merlin for more than 60 markets. The show, from Shine Productions, has been licensed by FremantleMedia into some 112 territories, including the U.S. with NBC, …

COLOGNE: Unitymedia Group has brought on Joachim Grendel to serve as its COO and managing director, effective March 1.  Grendel joins Unitymedia from The Boston Consulting Group, where he spent the last ten years serving in various roles. He will …

DOHA: Al Jazeera Network has secured distribution for five of its channels, including Al Jazeera Arabic and Al Jazeera English, with the Lebanese cable operators ECOnet and Cablevision. The deals cover carriage for Al Jazeera Arabic, Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera …

LONDON: Disney-ABC Worldwide Television and Disney Media Networks have announced the appointment of Stephen Moore as executive VP and managing director of Disney-ABC-ESPN Television for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Canada.  Moore will be based in London, reporting to Ben …

PARIS: Despite the downturn, M6 is recording stable 2008 revenues of 1.35 billion euros, helped along by ad gains at its digital channels. The RTL-owned broadcaster also expanded its market share in the year, both in terms of viewership and …

CINCINNATI: Procter & Gamble (P&G) has partnered with BET Networks to create a TV series in support of its "My Black is Beautiful" campaign, aimed at supporting a national conversation by, for and about black women. The first episode of the …

TOKYO: TMS Entertainment is moving forward on the production of Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas, a new version of the original Saint Seiya manga series. The original manga of Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas has been published in the weekly …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration yesterday generated millions of online video views, with CNN.com alone shattering records with 21.3 million live streams around the world. As at 3:30 p.m. Eastern time yesterday, CNN.com had generated more than 136 million …