World Screen

LOS ANGELES, June 3: Attention Span Media (ASM), a Los Angeles-based multiplatform production outfit, has signed a deal to provide a large selection of TV shows, movies and clips to the online video service Hulu, a joint venture between News …

SINGAPORE, June 3: ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has relaunched its website, featuring a range of real-time content as well as expanded customized advertising opportunities. The new website offers a host of sports content with insight and analysis from experts in …

MONTREAL, June 3: Canadian producer CarpeDiem has opened Animation Station, a new studio that coincides with the start of production on the new series My Life Me. Based in central Montreal, the new studio will be led by François Vachon, …

TORONTO, June 3: Canada’s S-VOX, whose services include the multi-faith, multicultural broadcaster VisionTV, has appointed Mark Prasuhn as chief content officer and Peter Miller to the role of COO, effective immediately. In his new role, Prasuhn, who was previously S-VOX’s …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER, June 3: Fiscal 2008 revenues at independent studio Lionsgate rose to a record $1.36 billion from $976.7 million, reflecting a 39-percent increase. Despite the full-year revenue gain, however, the studio posted a $74 million loss versus last year’s …

NEW YORK, June 2: ImaginAsian Entertainment has named industry veteran Adam Ware as president of the newly formed IA Media, which includes oversight of the U.S.-based Asian American network ImaginAsian TV (iaTV). In his new role, Ware, who has held …

HOLLYWOOD, June 2: The Jim Henson Company has named NCircle Entertainment as the home-video distributor for its new animated preschool series Sid the Science Kid. NCircle will exclusively handle all home video and digital formats in the U.S. and Canada. …

CULVER CITY/LONDON, June 2: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) has reached a global licensing agreement with Chorion to release all 52 episodes of the new sketch comedy series The Mr. Men Show on DVD. The new home-entertainment deal adds to …

LONDON, June 2: Zodiak International heads to DISCOP this month with a diverse range of titles, from dramas like Wallander, starring Kenneth Branagh, to prime-time entertainment formats like the celebrity game show Stars on Stage, among other offerings. Adapted from …

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 2: To coincide with the 64th anniversary of D-Day, Smithsonian Channel will debut D-Day—The True Story of Omaha Beach, an original hour-long documentary featuring new revelations behind the historic event, on Friday, June 6, at 9 p.m. …