World Screen

HOLLYWOOD, December 13: HBO led the pack of nominees for the 65th annual Golden Globes with 18 nods, while FX Networks’ freshman drama Damages and the HBO/Granada/Channel 4 co-production Longford scored four nominations each and the feature film Atonement received …

October 2007 By Anna Carugati As co-chair of Disney Media Networks and president of Disney-ABC Television Group, Anne Sweeney not only oversees the entertainment and news divisions at ABC—including ABC Entertainment, ABC Kids, ABC Daytime and ABC News. Her responsibilities …

LONDON, December 12: NBC Universal International has named Louise Terry as VP of human resources, effective January 2, 2008. Working out of NBC Universal’s London offices, Terry will lead international human resources initiatives and strategy for the company. To support …

HONG KONG, December 12: Soumitra “Sunny” Saha, the current senior VP of regional advertising sales and marketing for Turner Entertainment Networks Asia (TENA), has been promoted to the role of senior VP and general manager of TENA. Saha takes over …

NEW YORK, December 12: Pokémon USA has announced that its president, Akira Chiba, will resign at the end of this year, to be replaced by Kenji Okubo, currently the executive VP and head of Pokémon USA’s Seattle office. Chiba joined …

LONDON, December 12: Optomen International has closed deals for seven of its programs across eight European territories, including sales on its popular Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares series. In Poland, the BBC has picked up the first three seasons of the BAFTA-nominated …

MIAMI, December 12: APA International Film is heading to NATPE with the animated kids’ property Mafalda, based on a popular Argentine comic strip, as well as the new series Historias de Trenes. Mafalda originated in 1962 in the Buenos Aires …

LONDON, December 12: Granada International is heading to NATPE with a raft of new titles covering genres like comedy, entertainment, music and drama, led by the British TV movie My Boy Jack, which stars Daniel Radcliffe and Kim Cattrall. In …

LONDON, December 12: Cake Entertainment has secured a slot for its animated comedy Skunk Fu! with Disney Channel Latin America, after inking a host of deals in Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. Skunk Fu!, created by Aidan Harte, …

LOS ANGELES, December 12: MarVista Entertainment has inked its first deal with Brazil’s Globo, which has acquired the prime-time drama series Beyond the Break for the Globosat channel Multishow. The 17-hour series was created by Michael D. Jacobs and Brookwell …