World Screen

LONDON, October 27: Cake Distribution has sold Fresh TV’s Total Drama Action, which is the sequel to the animated reality series Total Drama Island, to Cartoon Network in the U.S. Total Drama Action takes 15 of the original animated contestants …

LONDON, October 27: DCD Rights closed a number of deals at MIPCOM for September Films’ hour-long documentary Pregnant Man, as well as West Park Pictures’ 6×1-hour doc series Stephen Fry in America. Originally commissioned by Channel 4 in the U.K., …

AMSTERDAM, October 27: Format agency Absolutely Independent has scored a number of deals through its Scandinavian office on titles such as Battle of the Choirs and Lost Without a Trace. Lost Without a Trace, an original Dutch format from KRO, …

TORONTO/LONDON, October 27: DECODE Enterprises has appointed Emmanuelle Bon to handle sales for French-speaking Europe, Benelux and Scandinavia across the company’s distribution catalogue. As territory manager, she will be leading the sales efforts for the company’s catalogue, which includes programming …

October 2008 YouTube requires no introduction. Just about everyone who has a computer and Internet connection has either visited or uploaded their own clips to this extremely popular video-sharing site. Simply put, YouTube has revolutionized the way people view and …

October 2008 The statistics speak for themselves. While there’s no single source of data to illustrate the growth of Internet video, a quick glance at reports from companies that compile such information reveals staggering growth. Internet measurement company comScore reported …

World Screen Weekly, October 23, 2008 President ESPN Customer Marketing and Sales If a media company has a strong, identifiable brand and fiercely loyal viewers, it is well positioned to cut through today’s cluttered multichannel, multiplatform media environment. And that …

World Screen Weekly, October 23, 2008 COUNTRIES: U.K. and Ireland LAUNCH DATE: July 2008 OWNERSHIP: The History Channel UK, a joint venture between A&E Television Networks (AETN) and BSkyB, programs, manages and operates Military History. DISTRIBUTION: The channel reaches about …

TV Real Weekly, October 22, 2008 Head of the Natural History Unit of Africa (NHU AFRICA) and Festival Director for Durban Wild Talk Africa The African continent has been the setting for numerous wildlife films over the years, so it …

TV Kids Weekly, October 21, 2008 Creators, Phineas and Ferb When Phineas and Ferb premiered on Disney Channel, it ushered in a very different style of animation, with multiple high-action story lines and a quirky sense of humor that immediately …