World Screen

BEVERLY HILLS/OTTAWA, November 21: Televix Entertainment has picked up the Latin American broadcast and home-video rights for Amberwood Entertainment's RollBots. RollBots follows Spin, a crime-fighting 'bot who takes on criminals in Flip City. While on his adventures, Spin discovers many …

SILVER SPRING, November 21: Discovery Communications is launching a new line of branded merchandise for the popular Discovery Kids' Doki character in Latin America in time for the holiday season. Discovery Enterprises International, the sales arm of Discovery Communications, will …

MIAMI, November 21: Telemendo Internacional has prepped a slate of telenovelas for the Asia TV Forum (ATF) that includes highlights such as the 105×1-hour Without Breasts There is No Paradise. Adapted from the hit Colombian telenovela, Without Breasts There is …

VIENNA, November 21: A handful of new programs, including the music special Christmas in Vienna, will be on offer from the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) for buyers at the upcoming ATF. Christmas in Vienna is a traditional Christmas concert that …

LONDON, November 21: World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) November international tour drew in $15.1 million, selling out in France, Germany, Belgium and the U.K. The tour breaks WWE's previous record of $14.5 million that its tour brought in this April. "This …

GENEVA/LEMESOS, November 21: As the 2008 Junior Eurovision Song Contest comes to a close tomorrow, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and UNICEF have renewed their cooperation for the upcoming event in a fundraising effort focused on helping children. UNICEF will …

LONDON, November 21: After a ten-year tenure with Channel 4, Polly Cochrane is set to join Warner Bros. U.K. in April 2009 as its new VP and group marketing director. Cochrane will be responsible for establishing a "best in class" …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER, November 21: Michael Rathauser has been upped to senior VP of marketing for Lionsgate's home-entertainment businesses, with continued oversight for the strategy, marketing and management for Lionsgate Family Entertainment as well as the StudioCanal library. Rathauser has played …

LONGWOOD, November 21: The Television Syndication Company (TVS) has charged Monica Horner to represent its syndication sales. In her role as a syndication sales executive, Horner will work alongside Donna Kearfott to represent the company's slate that includes such syndicated …

MENLO PARK, November 20: The latest findings from Knowledge Networks' MultiMedia Mentor resource indicates that 11 percent of 18- to 34-year-olds are watching online TV at least once a week. These regular online TV watchers spend 80 percent more time …