World Screen

MIAMI, April 8: Jacqueline Hernandez has been appointed the COO of NBC Universal-owned Hispanic broadcaster Telemundo Communications Group, based in New York. In the newly created position, Hernandez assumes responsibility for leading and unifying all sales, marketing and domestic growth …

LONDON, April 8: BSkyB has made two new appointments for its board, with Andrew Griffith named chief financial officer and Danny Rimer as an independent non-executive director, effective immediately. Griffith was previously BSkyB’s director of group finance, M&A and investor …

UNTERFÖHRING, April 8: Interactive TV producer 9Live International is launching call-TV productions on channels in Colombia, Hungary, Denmark and Sweden, with the company’s shows now airing in a total of eight countries. 9Live’s Spanish-language interactive show in Colombia, titled Ganamanía …

MIAMI, April 8: MySpace has launched a bilingual destination, MySpace Latino, featuring culturally relevant content built around the interests of Hispanic users. The new site was created in collaboration with partners such as ImpreMedia, Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS), Billboard en …

LOS ANGELES, April 8: PorchLight Home Entertainment has acquired the U.S. DVD distribution rights for the preschool series 64 Zoo Lane from Millimages U.K. 64 Zoo Lane currently airs on Noggin in the U.S. and BBC in the U.K. From …

CANNES/MUNICH, April 8: Bavaria Media Television has sold three 90-minute episodes of its crime series Aspe to German pubcaster ZDF. Based on the bestselling crime novels by Belgian author Pieter Aspe, Aspe centers on investigator Pieter van In and his …

PHILADELPHIA, April 8: PBS KIDS Sprout is preparing to launch a new afternoon block, titled The Sprout Sharing Show, featuring viewer-submitted content. Launching on May 5, the block will take the time slot of The Let’s Go Show, which is …

MUNICH/CANNES, April 8: Golden Globe- and Academy Award-nominee Tim Roth and actress Neve Campbell have joined Sebastian Koch in the principal cast of The Sea Wolf, Tele München Group’s $19-million two-part mini-series for ZDF and RHI. Roth (Planet of the …

VANCOUVER, April 8: Nerd Corps Entertainment is set to launch its next original property, The League of Super Evil, a YTV commission targeting 6- to 11-year-olds. Canada’s YTV is the commissioning broadcaster for the 26×30-minute series, which will be aired …

NEW YORK/LONDON, April 8: HIT Entertainment has inked a deal for a CGI version of its classic series Angelina Ballerina with co-production partners Thirteen/WNET New York and Nick Jr. UK. The new series, Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps, will be …