World Screen

NEW YORK/ENGELWOOD, November 14: Eurocinema, a TV network dedicated to bringing European and other international theatrical and short films to North American audiences, is expanding its distribution through a new deal with DISH Network. Eurocinema made its debut on DISH …

TORONTO, November 14: Breakthrough Entertainment has named Nat Abraham as its head of distribution to oversee daily operations such as worldwide sales, presales and co-production opportunities. Abraham, who most recently served as the head of Canadian sales and acquisitions at …

BURBANK, November 14: Starz Media-owned Film Roman has promoted Jay Fukuto to head of studio, overseeing all animation production operations for TV series, feature films, home entertainment, commercials and visual effects. Previously the head of production for Film Roman, Fukuto …

ATLANTA, November 14: Nathania Seales has been promoted to VP of production for Cartoon Network On-Air, charged with oversight of promotions, program production and branding material for Cartoon Network and Boomerang. Formerly senior director of on-air production, Seales will continue …

LONDON, November 13: BBC Worldwide has appointed Matt Wills as sports sales manager for BBC Motion Gallery, the company's international clip licensing arm, responsible for sales across the Asia-Pacific, Americas, U.K. and Ireland, Benelux, Scandinavia and the Northern Mediterranean regions. …

LOS GATOS, November 13: Netflix has tasked Gregory Peters with bringing a range of devices to market from leading consumer electronics manufactures that are capable of streaming content from the online movie rental service directly to consumers' TVs. In the …

NEW YORK, November 13: BET Networks has made two new leadership appointments to its programming team, both of whom will report to Debra Lee, the company's chairman and CEO. As president of programming, Loretha Jones will oversee original programming, news, …

LONDON, November 13: Four new roles are being added to BBC Entertainment and Events Production's in-house team, aimed to help bring production and development departments closer together in a push for more commissions. Martin Scott has been appointed head of …

LOS ANGELES, November 13: Lawless Entertainment has secured another three-year deal for Sony's Plaza Style to license the Suzy's Zoo brand in Japan and Taiwan. More than 85 licensees are on board for the baby and toddler brand, which has …

TOKYO, November 13: TF1 Enterprises, through its TF1 Licences department, has been appointed as the merchandising broker for Toei Animation's Dragon Ball franchise in French-speaking territories. TF1 Licences will represent Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT in …