World Screen

LONDON, October 10: Entertainment Rights (ER) will be presenting a new feature-length animated film at MIPCOM: Kung Fu Magoo, featuring the voices of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody’s Cole and Dylan Sprouse. Produced in conjunction with Mexico’s Anima …

NEW YORK, October 10: The multiplatform kids’ service qubo has picked up three new animated series for its grid: Maisy from NBC Universal and two shows from PorchLight Entertainment. Based on the award-winning books by the British author Lucy Cousins, …

LONDON/NEW YORK, October 10: MTV Networks International (MTVNI) is heading to Cannes with 30-plus formats and more than 4,000 hours of original, multiplatform content across all brands, including MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1, Comedy Central, BET, CMT and Spike TV. MTVNI comes …

LONDON, October 10: Dragon Chronicles, an Icon Films production for National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) and Thirteen/WNET New York for the PBS Nature series in association with ITV Global Entertainment, follows reptile expert Rom Whitaker on a quest to find …

NEW YORK, October 10: At MIPCOM, Cargo Film & Releasing will present UTN1: An Iraqi Boy Band Comes to America, produced by LCI Entertainment and Impulse Media Productions. The project looks at five men (two Christians and three Muslims) who …

LOS ANGELES, October 10: Summit Entertainment will serve as the exclusive U.S. distributor for BabyFirstTV’s catalogue of DVDs, which are created by child-development experts. Summit Entertainment will represent the BabyFirstTV DVD line to home-entertainment retailers and mass merchandisers nationwide. BabyFirstTV’s …

BURBANK, October 10: Sean Cocchia has been upped to the role of senior VP of business planning and development for Disney Channels Worldwide. In his new role, Cocchia is charged with strategic oversight and business planning for Disney Channels Worldwide, …

LONDON/NEW YORK, October 10: Interactive web-TV platform Babelgum has named indie film veteran Karol Martesko-Fenster as general manager and publisher of its film division and managing director of the Babelgum Online Film Festival. Martesko-Fenster will oversee all aspects of the …

LOS ANGELES, October 9: The sale of RealNetworks’ RealDVD software has been temporarily halted by a federal judge, extending a temporary injunction granted last week after the Hollywood studios filed suit against the company alleging copyright infringement. Last week, the …

TORONTO, October 9: In the wake of government funding cuts, a range of writers, actors and other artists took to the streets of Toronto yesterday to rally support for Canadian arts and culture, a few days ahead of the general …