World Screen

October 2007 In the 20 years it has been on the air, M6 has built up a loyal viewership by offering a mix of imported series and homegrown hits. It has often been the first among the French terrestrial networks …

October 2007 CBeebies’ mix of educational and entertaining shows has obviously delighted the preschool crowd in the U.K. In fact, the BBC’s service is the number-one children’s channel in the U.K., a country that has more than 20 channels targeting …

World Screen Weekly, February 14, 2008 General Manager and Senior VP, EMEA BBC Global Channels, BBC Worldwide The BBC may have been a slow-starter in the global channels space, but it is working quickly to make up for lost time. …

TV Real Weekly, February 13, 2008 Managing Director Cineflix International Distribution The demand for non-scripted programs has shifted over the past couple of years, and distributors of this content have been making great strides to keep pace with new trends. …

TV Kids Weekly, February 12, 2008 ORIGIN: Based on Microsoft’s BLUE DRAGON Xbox 360 role-playing game. DISTRIBUTOR: VIZ Media has the television, home video and non-video-game merchandising rights for the Americas, Europe and Oceania. CONCEPT: Hironobu Sakaguchi CHARACTER DESIGNS: Akira …

World Screen Weekly, February 14, 2008 COUNTRIES: Italy, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Romania, Switzerland, Austria, Portugal and the Netherlands LAUNCH DATE: The Italian feed launched in 2006. Expansion into Central Europe and Western Europe began in December 2007. OWNERSHIP: …

LOS ANGELES, February 15: Mandalay Media has completed its acquisition of mobile-content provider Twistbox Entertainment. Twistbox Entertainment is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Mandalay Media. Twistbox Entertainment will be the foundation for Mandalay Media's mobile and interactive offerings. Based …

LONDON, February 15: Outright Distribution has shored up a series of deals in Sweden, Norway and Finland for six of its formats, including Fat March and Mummy Diaries. The first deal is for the hit Ricochet original production Fat March. …

HILVERSUM, February 15: Telescreen, the children’s producer-distributor based in the Netherlands, has scored a number of TV and home-entertainment deals across Europe for series such as Moomin, Miffy, Little People and Lizzie McGuire. For television, Danish channel TV2 has renewed …

MILAN, February 15: Atlantyca Entertainment has launched a licensing division based on the success of its Geronimo Stilton title, and has named Elisa Pezzutti as the head of the new unit. In the role of manager of licensing and communications, …