World Screen

MILAN, June 24: Atlantyca Entertainment has launched its newly established content-publishing division, securing its first licensing deal with Taffy Entertainment to produce novels loosely based on the animated series Code Lyoko. Atlantyca will create a series of four books for …

EDMONTON, June 24: In a deal brokered by IMG Entertainment, Super Channel in Canada is set to air the world premiere of the offbeat comedy Sordid Lives: The Series. The 12×22-minute show, which begins airing on SC3 on July 1, …

TORONTO, June 24: Peace Point Entertainment Group is in production on the second season of Fresh with Anna Olson, which will premiere on Food Network Canada in spring 2009. The 26×30-minute series is once again being shot at Olson’s home …

LONDON, June 24: Contender Entertainment Group has signed three new licensees for the preschool property Peppa Pig for the U.K., covering party ware, amusement plush and educational toys. Party Plus has been granted a license for Peppa-branded party products, including …

NEW YORK, June 24: New York-based Cargo Film & Releasing has closed sales for two new feature documentaries acquired from Wicked Delicate Films. Zazie Films picked up King Corn for the Japanese market in a deal that includes a theatrical …

BUDAPEST, June 24: HBO Central Europe has made three senior-level executive appointments to its management team, naming a new regional manager and new country managers. Stefan Dakovski has been upped to the head of HBO Adria, responsible for all the …

NEW YORK, June 24: U.S. Hispanic network V-me has added new members to its business development, sales and operations teams. Richard Taub has been named to the newly created role of VP of business development, leading mergers and acquisitions, distribution, …

June 2008 CTC Media was founded in 1989 by the American entrepreneur Peter Gerwe. It was the year the Berlin Wall came down, marking the end of Communism. But the Russian television landscape was still operating under the Soviet system …

LONDON, June 23: The pay-TV sector in Central and Eastern Europe will be worth some $12 billion in 2013, up from $5.6 billion last year, according to a new report. When advertising revenues are added, the market will be worth …

TOKYO, June 23: In an interview with the Financial Times, Liberty Media’s chairman, John Malone, called into question the economic viability of networks putting their content online for free viewing. “I think the idea that they’re going to put television …