World Screen

HONG KONG, August 13: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has acquired the television, digital and mobile distribution rights in the Asia Pacific for Crimson Forest Film’s award-winning Chinese feature Slam. Set in Beijing, Slam is a coming-of-age story about three …

NEW YORK, August 13: The Principal’s Office, an original behind-the-scenes series about what happens in a school’s administrator’s office, will premiere with two back-to-back episodes on truTV on August 21. The Principal’s Office gives an all-access look at the fear, …

HONG KONG, August 13: Celestial Pictures has signed agreements with BCI, Media Blasters and Well Go USA for a total of 45 martial arts titles from the Shaw Brothers film library for release on home video across the U.S. and …

LONDON, August 13: Marie Chappelow, who has been with HIT Entertainment for the last seven years, is joining Parthenon Entertainment Group to head up its children’s programming division. In her role as commercial director of children’s, which begins in October, …

NEW YORK, August 12: Joanne Lynch has been promoted to president of the television station group, effective immediately, for the Spanish-language media company Univision Communications. In her new role, Lynch will oversee Univision’s and TeleFutura’s 63 television stations. She will …

AMSTERDAM, August 12: Eyeworks has appointed Tobias Bringholm as managing director for Scandinavia, where he will oversee all of the company’s activities in the region and focus on further expansion. Based in Stockholm, Bringholm will work with the local management …

NEW YORK/LONDON, August 12: AETN International has made two new hires to its executive team, and is also expanding its international digital media operations. Christian Murphy has been named the VP of international, while Will Harrison has been named the …

LONDON, August 12: Simon Hutson has been appointed as the VP of digital media and DVD for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for BBC Worldwide Sales and Distribution. Huston will be responsible for developing a long-term strategy that …

HONG KONG, August 12: ITV Worldwide will bring a raft of new programming to BCWW in Korea next month, ranging from formats to dramas to documentaries. ITV Worldwide will offer three new formats, including The Colour of Money. In this …

LONDON, August 12: Compedia will develop and launch a worldwide educational CD-ROM game to complement Entertainment Rights’ new series Postman Pat Special Delivery Service, which will premiere on BBC Two this fall. The CD-ROM, aimed at children 3 to 6 …