World Screen

PARIS, December 11: The winners of the fourth annual TV France International Export Awards, which honor the best in exported French television programming, were unveiled yesterday evening in Paris. In the animation category, the 26×26-minute series Shuriken School, distributed and …

MONTREAL, December 11: Following its recent success in the North American market, format specialist Distraction has revealed plans to consolidate its offices in Los Angeles and Montreal. In Los Angeles, Distraction recently signed a long-term lease on a commercial office …

TORONTO, December 11: JumpTV Inc., an IPTV provider that specializes in international and sports programming, has secured content deals with Endemol and AETN International. JumpTV will carry Endemol's Russian production of Deal or No Deal throughout North America. And through …

LONDON, December 11: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) has inked a multi-year agreement to provide a range of films from its catalogue on demand to subscribers of Orange’s digital television service in France, Spain, Poland and the U.K. MGM is the fifth American …

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS/MILPITAS, December 11: NBC Universal is set to make a slate of current and library TV content available for download from Fanfare, a web-based offering from SanDisk Corporation, a developer of portable audio/video players. The deal covers current TV …

MUNICH, December 11: Axel Springer is set to sell its 12-percent stake in ProSiebenSat.1 Media to private-equity firms KKR and Permira for 509.4 million euros. KKR and Permira acquired 50.5 percent in the European broadcasting group from Haim Saban’s German …

WASHINGTON D.C./NEW YORK, December 10: Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind Sesame Street, has appointed Aura Kenny Dunn as assistant VP for government affairs. Dunn will manage Sesame Workshop’s government relations efforts and advance the organization’s visibility in federal policy …

RIO DE JANEIRO, December 10: Globo TV International has named Marcelo Mattar as the new international sales manager for Western Europe. In his new role, Mattar will oversee strategic management for the region, including content negotiations for all platforms of …

LOS ANGELES, December 10: Lifetime Networks has named Stephen Bulka as its VP of original movies, effective immediately. Bulka will report to Tanya Lopez, Lifetime Networks’ senior VP of original movies. Based in Los Angeles, Bulka will be responsible for …

SAN DIEGO, December 10: Lifestyle and entertainment network WealthTV has reached an agreement with Verizon FiOS TV to make its high-definition programming available on-demand in several new markets. WealthTV will begin its HD VOD rollout in the metro areas of …