World Screen

TV Kids Weekly, March 25, 2008 Director of International Entertainment Rights With Entertainment Rights’ acquisition of Classic Media, the British kids’ and family company’s catalogue, already home to classics like Postman Pat and Basil Brush, became considerably larger. “We doubled …

TV Kids Weekly, March 25, 2008 Managing Director Cake Distribution Joining the children’s-animation business was almost in-evitable for Edward Galton. His father was the president of Marvel Comics for some 20 years, and from a very young age, Galton was …

TV Real Weekly, March 26, 2008 VP, Programming and Production AETN International While Michael Katz always knew that he wanted to work in the entertainment industry, he actually entered the television business by way of the theater. In 1978, he …

LONDON, March 28: Blue-Zoo Productions has been commissioned by Nickelodeon International to produce a new CGI-animated series, Stitch-Up Showdown, to premiere across the network’s 41 global channels this May. This deal follows on Blue-Zoo’s first series commission for Nickelodeon International …

UNIVERSAL CITY, March 28: NBC Universal International Television Distribution has promoted Sven Noth to the position of VP liaison for Germany. Noth will continue to oversee the free- and pay-TV efforts for NBC Universal programming in Germany and German-speaking Europe. …

LONDON, March 28: Parthenon Entertainment is offering the exclusive worldwide rights to four American factual shows at MIPTV and MIPDOC. In wildlife fare, Parthenon continues to represent the PBS Nature strand with two additional HD specials: Winter in Yellowstone and …

TORONTO, March 28: CCI Entertainment will be bringing to MIPDOC two new documentaries produced by Odd Squad Productions: Scathed and Stolen Lives. Scathed takes an in-depth look at crystal methamphetamine, a highly addictive narcotic. Explored though the stories of teenage …

HONG KONG, March 28: BabyFirst, a 24/7 commercial-free channel dedicated to babies and toddlers, will launch on Hong Kong Cable on March 31 at 6 a.m. The channel will be carried on Hong Kong Cable’s channel 138 and will be …

LOS ANGELES, March 28: PorchLight Entertainment is primed to offer international buyers a range of new programming at MIPTV, ranging from the top-rated Hallmark Channel movie The Note to live-action and animated films and television series. The Note stars Genie …

LONDON, March 28: BabyTV will launch its 24-hour channel on ten additional platforms in Europe, including Portugal, Estonia and Greece. The launches include PT Telecom and Cabovisão in Portugal, UPC in Austria, Alice IPTV in France, Telset and Elion in …