World Screen

LOS ANGELES, May 22: Marketing heads from ABC, CBS, The CW, FOX, NBC and Univision are set to participate in a roundtable discussion at the Network Television CMO Summit, which kicks off the second day of the 53rd annual Promax/BDA …

ATLANTA, May 22: Segal Licensing, Cartoon Network Enterprises’ exclusive Canadian licensing agent for Ben 10, has secured four new consumer-products partners for the hit franchise, expanding the brand’s apparel, sleepwear and accessories categories in Canada. New products from KidQuest, Adorable …

LONDON, May 22: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has completed additional sales for the 10×1-hour drama Satisfaction, with broadcasters in Estonia, Bulgaria, Canada and Poland. The series was picked up by Allarco (Super Channel) for English-speaking Canada, TV2 in Bulgaria, Kanal 2 …

LONDON, May 22: FOCAL International, the trade body representing members of the global footage industry, has unveiled the winners of the fifth FOCAL International Awards, which were held in association with AP Archive. The judging panel, led by Jerry Kuehl, …

LONDON, May 22: Digital Rights Group (DRG) has created a dedicated DRG Acquisitions Group to fund program development and co-productions, chaired by Andrea Jackson, the managing director of Zeal Entertainment. With the goal of increasing the amount of DRG-represented content …

UNIVERSAL CITY, May 22: NBC Universal Television, DVD, Music & Consumer Products Group has debuted the first set of collectible trading cards based on the hit series Heroes, featuring characters and scenes from the show’s debut season. Trading-card company Topps …

TORONTO, May 22: High Fidelity HDTV has reached an agreement with Smithsonian Networks to exclusively air programming from the U.S.-based Smithsonian Channel HD on three of its networks—Oasis HD, Equator HD and Treasure HD—in Canada. Programming from Smithsonian Networks will …

SINGAPORE, May 22: The Biography Channel (BIO) will launch in Singapore on StarHub and in the Philippines on May 27, becoming the third network from AETN All Asia Networks (AAAN) to roll out in Southeast Asia in less than a …

LONDON, May 22: Endemol UK has launched New State, a new division dedicated to securing brand partnerships for the U.K. group’s programming output, to be helmed by Cody Hogarth as the managing director. Hogarth was previously Endemol UK’s head of …

SINGAPORE, May 22: On May 27, Sony’s AXN Beyond, a spin-off of the action and adventure English-language entertainment channel AXN, will roll out in Singapore, its third market in Asia. AXN Beyond was first launched in the Philippines in January …