World Screen

ENGLEWOOD, August 21: Nancy McGee has been promoted to executive VP of marketing for Starz Entertainment, where she will have the additional responsibility for all live-action television productions. McGee’s remit covers all Starz channels in addition to other distribution outlets …

NEW YORK, August 21: Alyssa Tucker, the senior VP of marketing and licensing sales at 4Kids Entertainment, has been given expanded responsibilities within the organization to include overseeing the licensing sales of properties in the 4Kids and 4Sight Licensing Solutions …

LONDON, August 20: As part of its efforts to ramp up its international production activities, NBC Universal is acquiring the British outfit Carnival Film & Television, whose credits include the hit BBC series Hotel Babylon. The deal represents the first …

NEW YORK, August 20: ESPN has plans to bid for the television rights to the 2014 and 2016 Olympics, and would carry more live coverage, regardless of the time zone, than NBC traditionally has done. ESPN chief George Bodenheimer said …

LOS ANGELES, August 20: Comcast Entertainment Group has secured a new multi-year deal that expands Ryan Seacrest’s television and new-media production business across its family of networks via Ryan Seacrest Productions. Under the new deal, Comcast Entertainment Group retains first-look …

LOS ANGELES, August 20: A spin-off of the positive-parenting series Supernanny is in the works, and ABC plans to air a pilot episode this fall. The spin-off’s format will remain similar to the original, but rather than a female professional …

LONDON/SANTA MONICA, August 20: In a deal with Lionsgate, ITV2 will create a British edition of Paris Hilton’s My New BFF, in addition to licensing the original American version, set to air on MTV in the U.S. The British series …

LONDON, August 20: Virgin1 has picked up the new U.S. series I Want to Work for Diddy, featuring entertainment mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, to air in its prime-time lineup along with The Prisoner: X. I Want to Work for Diddy, …

NEW YORK, August 20: Nick Jr. will premiere the fifth season of Dora the Explorer with a week-long celebration that includes new episodes airing daily from September 15 to 18 at 10:30 a.m. The kickoff concludes on September 19, starting …

NEW YORK, August 20: 4Kids Entertainment has completed deals with several broadcasters, including CITV, for a new series based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, which celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2009. TMNT: Back to the Sewer will be …