World Screen

NEW YORK, February 8: Univision Communications has named Hearst-Argyle Television executive Terry Mackin as president of its television station group, effective March 1. In his new role, based in New York, Mackin will oversee Univision’s and TeleFutura’s 64 television stations. …

AMSTERDAM/LONDON, February 8: Jetix Europe has upped Monika Oomen to deputy managing director for the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Middle East (ME) markets. Oomen will be responsible for the management of sales and marketing strategies for more …

NEW YORK, February 8: MTV’s president, Christina Norman, is reportedly leaving the company, with Van Toffler, the current president of MTV Networks Music and Logo Group, tapped to fill the role of overseeing day-to-day operations in the interim. Local reports …

TORONTO, February 8: The Canadian multi-faith and multicultural network VisionTV is altering its Saturday lineup to better serve South Asian viewers by introducing weekly feature films from Bollywood. The new schedule has been given its own distinct brand: Desi Vision, …

LONDON, February 8: Entertainment Rights (ER) has announced that its stop-frame and 3-D CGI-animated series Rupert Bear—Follow the Magic is already ranked as one of the highest-rated preschool shows on the German broadcaster Super RTL, following its premiere in early …

WASHINGTON, February 8: National Geographic Channel (NGC) in the U.S. will air a new series exploring the world of product design and manufacturing, beginning March 13 at 8 p.m. In Who Knew? With Marshall Brain, viewers are taken on a …

LONDON, February 8: Disney Channel UK announced that its premiere of the animated comedy series Phineas and Ferb on Friday, February 1, has become the most successful animation launch for the channel in history, ranking number one in its time …

NEW YORK, February 8: CBS Consumer Products has reached two new health- and fitness-related licensing deals for the Survivor brand with Fitness Team One and Full Charge Energy Foods. Illinois-based Fitness Team One has created the “Survivor Fitness Program,” a …

NEW YORK, February 8: Next New Networks, the new online entertainment company co-founded by former Nickelodeon president and MTV Networks vice chairman Herb Scannell, will offer a menu of regular video programming on MySpaceTV, which users can embed in their …

STAMFORD, February 8: After a decade on The CW and its precursor, UPN, World Wrestling Entertainment’s (WWE) franchise WWE SmackDown is leaving the network, as the two companies have concluded their partnership. The program will continue to air on The …