World Screen

ATLANTA, December 18: The British parody series Look Around You, produced for BBC Two, has been picked up for broadcast on Cartoon Network's late-night block Adult Swim, with a launch date set for January 18. Adult Swim has picked up …

TORONTO, December 18: The second season of Destination Truth, which features adventurer Josh Gates on a journey to investigate unexplained mysteries, will air Tuesdays at 10 p.m. in Canada on SPACE, beginning January 6. Destination Truth is a weekly adventure …

HARRINGTON PARK, December 18: Barcelona-based distributor Enjoy Quite A Lot has closed a deal to represent Janson Media in Spain and Portugal as well as in Portuguese- and English-speaking Africa. Enjoy will also represent Janson at the first DISCOP Africa …

LONDON, December 18: Passion Distribution's 2 Sisters, 1 Heart, which is set to air on Discovery Health in the U.S. on Christmas day, has landed a number of new international broadcasters, including TV Norge in Norway. The film has also …

LONDON, December 18: Following a successful MIPCOM, DLT Entertainment has closed a number of sales in Latin America, among other territories. DLT sold My Family, starring Robert Lindsay and Zoe Wannamaker, to BBC Entertainment Latin America. Tycoon in Mexico took …

LOS ANGELES, December 18: Granada America has upped four executives in its program development department: Colet Abedi, Brian Zagorski, Robert Baltazar and Elvia Flores. Abedi has been promoted to VP of development. She joined Granada America in 2007 from Twentieth …

NEW YORK, December 18: Richard Gay will take on the newly created role of executive VP of strategy and operations for MTV and VH1, working to manage business functions, drive planning and strategic initiatives and execute a broad range of …

LOS ANGELES, December 18: Liz Dolan has been named chief marketing officer for OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, effective January 5, supporting the on-air launch of the network in late 2009/early 2010. Dolan will oversee creation of a brand identity …

LONDON, December 17: Free-to-air digital terrestrial TV in Europe will be least affected by the global economic downturn, according to new 2009 forecasts from research firm Screen Digest. Surveying the impact of the recession on Europe's media markets, the research …

MOSCOW/BURBANK, December 17: The Walt Disney Company is launching a branded free-to-air channel in Russia as part of a joint venture with the local broadcasting company Media-One Holdings. The family-oriented entertainment channel will be carried on 30 stations owned and …