World Screen

NEW YORK, November 10: In marking its ten-year commitment to the fight against HIV/AIDS, MTV Staying Alive has produced a new documentary, The Diary of Kelly Rowland, which will air alongside other Staying Alive programming on MTV networks around the …

TORONTO, November 10: Harvard scholar and TV producer/presenter Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. will deliver the opening keynote address at the upcoming History Makers International Summit, which will take place in New York City from January 29 to 31 at …

STOCKHOLM, November 10: Modern Times Group (MTG) is launching Viasat's TV1000 Russian Kino pay-TV movie channel in the U.S. on DISH Network. The 24-hour Russian-language network provides viewers with original movies, ranging from classic titles such as the cult Soviet …

SANTA MONICA, November 10: Showcasing its movie lineup at the American Film Market this week in Santa Monica, Cinamour Entertainment announced a move into video games. Aligning with Paris-based game-development company Game Fusion, whose proprietary software technology aims to allow …

SANTA MONICA, November 10: American Cinema International (ACI) is at the AFM with a slate of series and feature films that includes the adaptation of One Minute Millionaire, based on the book by best-selling authors Mark Victor Hansen, of the …

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 10: Retirement Living TV (RLTV), a network targeted at the 50-plus set, has concluded a co-production deal with NBC News for the daily one-hour live news and current-affairs series Daily Cafe, which launches in its third season …

LONDON, November 10: Spellbound Entertainment's hit preschool property The Koala Brothers has clinched a range of licensing and merchandising deals in Portugal, where the show has been acquired by free-TV broadcaster RTP and the cable and satellite channel Canal Panda. …

SANTA MONICA/MILAN, November 10: Rai Trade has taken on worldwide sales for the Italian/French co-production Ex, a romantic comedy, directed by Fausto Brizzi, set in Rome, Paris and New Zealand. The new film from Brizzi—whose previous film, Night Before the …

SANTA MONICA, November 10: At the American Film Market, Showcase Entertainment signed a variety of deals on its documentary special Barack Obama: The Man and His Journey. Set for a U.S. DVD release by Universal/Vivendi Entertainment this December, the film …

HILVERSUM, November 10: Senior executives Levern Engel and Sivan Pillay have been named joint managing directors of Endemol South Africa, based in the company's offices in Johannesburg. Engel joined Endemol South Africa in January 2008 as head of infotainment and …