World Screen

TV Real Weekly, February 20, 2008 Executive VP & General Manager Programming & Creative Affairs Sundance Channel Since joining Sundance Channel in January 2005, Laura Michalchyshyn, now the executive VP and general manager of programming and creative affairs, has played …

HONG KONG, February 22: STAR has appointed Yvonne Chuang as VP of program syndication and distribution, effective March 10. In her new role, Chuang oversees the syndication and home video distribution of STAR’s content library worldwide. This includes the Fortune …

STOCKHOLM, February 22: Zodiak Television has made several appointments to its management team, including that of Per Lundberg as VP East for the group and managing director of Zodiak Vostok, Zodiak’s holding company for the Russian and CIS territories. Lundberg …

ENCINO, February 22: Glenn Close will lend her voice as narrator for Gates of the Arctic, a new HD conservation documentary from Solid Entertainment. Produced by Rory Banyard, Gates of the Arctic chronicles Alaska’s Brooks Range, from its wildlife and …

LONDON, February 22: Seven Stones Media has received permission to film a documentary series in Tibet that has been commissioned by BBC Four. The documentary, A Year in Tibet, follows a calendar year inside the secret confines of a Tibetan …

AUSTIN, February 22: The 15th edition of the South By Southwest (SXSW) 200 Film Festival will see the launch of “Global Doc Days,” an event dedicated to highlighting the world of international documentary producers. The four-day event kicks off on …

LONDON, February 22: Five has commissioned Windfall Films to produce two engineering series: Big, Bigger, Biggest and Monster Moves. Big, Bigger, Biggest uses CGI animation to explore the engineering inventions behind record-breaking superstructures such as skyscrapers, bridges, aircraft carriers and …

LOS ANGELES, February 22: MarVista Entertainment has begun principal photography in Oahu, Hawaii, on the feature film Special Delivery, starring Lisa Edelstein from FOX’s House and Brenda Song from Disney’s The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. In Special Delivery, …

TORONTO, February 22: A new survey on Canadian tweens conducted by DECODE and commissioned by Corus-owned YTV has found that there is a strong link between kids’ involvement in family decisions and their overall level of confidence and optimism. According …

NEW YORK, February 22: Terminal City, a Canadian ten-part mini-series, will debut on Sundance Channel on March 6 at 9 p.m. The drama/dark comedy tells the story of Katie Sampson, a loving wife and mother. When a mammogram confirms a …