World Screen

January 2008 As Andy Heyward, DIC Entertainment’s chairman and CEO, likes to point out, he’s only had two jobs his entire life, both in the children’s business. The first was with Hanna-Barbera and the second with DIC, a company that …

January 2008 Almost two years after being acquired by a consortium that included Sony Corporation of America, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios re-established its worldwide distribution efforts in house. Ramping up its sales activities in 2007, the studio appointed distribution veteran Gary Marenzi …

October 2007 Programmers across Asia are well acquainted with the so-called Korean Wave—the trend has found Korean dramas popping up in prime time on broadcasters across the region. Many of these have come from the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), which …

TV Kids Weekly, February 05, 2008 ORIGIN: Ben 10: Race Against Time is a live-action film based on the original animated television series Ben 10. It is written by Mitch Watson and directed by Alex Winter. TV SHOW: Ben 10: …

TV Real Weekly, February 06, 2008 Executive VP and General Manager truTV In a classic TV story, Marc Juris got his start working at CBS as a page. He was immediately hooked on the business. “From the minute I stepped …

World Screen Weekly, February 07, 2008 President & CEO Lightworks Enterprises Nearly four years ago, David Dreilinger was asked by Faith & Values Media to build a strategic plan for a company dedicated to building bridges among people of different …

World Screen Weekly, February 7, 2008 COUNTRY: U.S. LAUNCH DATE: Launched in 1991 as Court TV; rebranded as truTV on January 1, 2008. OWNERSHIP: Turner Broadcasting, Inc. SUBSCRIBERS: More than 91 million DESCRIPTION: Recently rebranded from Court TV, the channel …

PRINCETON/LONDON, February 8: The IPTV outfit Narrowstep has promoted Barak Bar-Cohen to president and COO from his previous position as general manager of European operations for the company. Bar-Cohen brings more than 12 years of international experience and operations knowledge …

BEVERLY HILLS, February 8: Roy Bank, a former development executive at Mark Burnett Productions, has joined Merv Griffin Entertainment (MGE) in the newly created position of president of television. Bank is the creator and executive producer of Are You Smarter …

MIAMI, February 8: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has promoted Ramon Garcia, the current director of sales for Latin America, to executive director of distribution for Mexico. In his new role, Garcia will relocate from Miami to Mexico City, where …