World Screen

NEW YORK, September 29: Andrew Ames has joined Sesame Workshop to oversee all of its international co-productions in the role of VP of global production. Ames responsibilities will include production/creative oversight, budgeting and financing, international content management and cross-platform content …

LONDON/LOS ANGELES, September 29: RHI Entertainment’s Michael Oesterlin is joining Alchemy Television Group to head up its distribution activities out of London. In his new role as president of worldwide distribution, effective October 1, Oesterlin will oversee all of the …

TV Kids Weekly, September 22, 2008 Executive VP, Development and Production DECODE Entertainment Just over a decade old, DECODE Entertainment has become one of Canada’s most prolific children’s production companies, with almost 40 series to its credit. Beth Stevenson, who …

TV Kids Weekly, September 22, 2008 ORIGIN: Ariol is based on a popular French comic strip that has been featured in three soft-cover books published by Bayard Presse as well as in the monthly magazine J'aime lire in France. DISTRIBUTOR: …

October 2008 Moms are using almost 50 percent of discretionary spending for their children on entertainment, from movies and video games, to toys and consumer electronics, according to recent research by the NPD Group. It’s as lucrative a market as …

World Screen Weekly, September 25, 2008 Managing Director Power Launched 13 years ago as a three-person operation in a small London office, Power has become a leading producer and distributor of content worldwide, with offices in London, Miami and Singapore, …

TV Real Weekly, September 24, 2008 Director of Production & Development re:think Entertainment Embracing the idea of quality over quantity, re:think Entertainment was launched with the focus on representing and creating quality factual programming for the international market. The boutique …

World Screen Weekly, September 25, 2008 COUNTRY: U.K. LAUNCH DATE: October 2007 OWNERSHIP: Virgin Media Television DISTRIBUTION: Available on Freeview (DTT), digital satellite and Virgin Media cable. DESCRIPTION: Virgin1 airs television programming spanning most genres to provide relaxing entertainment to …

LONDON, September 26: In an effort to maximize the potential of its brands, BBC Worldwide has restructured its kids’ business under the moniker Children’s and Licensing, with Neil Ross Russell as its head. The name change reflects the importance of …

LONDON, September 26: Virgin Media announced a significant increase in on-demand viewing—up from 34 million views in January to 45 million views in August—on its TV platform. This is an increase of 33 percent in less than a year and …