World Screen

TV Kids Weekly, November 13, 2007 ORIGIN: Sushi Pack is based on an original concept created by Studio Espinosa. AGP’s studio chief, Jeffrey Conrad, saw Studio Espinosa’s booth at Licensing Show and noticed the quirky property about four pieces of …

World Screen Weekly, November 15, 2007 President of Global Networks and Digital initiatives NBC Universal International Roma Khanna has always been fascinated by the connection that media—old and new—can create with consumers. For several years she was in charge of …

World Screen Weekly, November 15, 2007 LAUNCH DATE: 1994 COUNTRY: United States OWNERSHIP: Independently owned and operated by Outdoor Channel Holdings, Inc. DISTRIBUTION: 30 million homes via cable and satellite. DESCRIPTION: With the tagline, “America’s leader in outdoor TV,” the …

NEW YORK, November 16: Scholastic Media has brought on Daisy Kline as the new director of marketing and brand management and has promoted Rachel Bader to director of consumer products. Kline joins the company as director of marketing and brand …

BARCELONA, November 16: Spain’s Imira Entertainment, formerly Icon Animation, has closed a number of Asian deals on four of its animated kids’ properties. From its third-party slate, Imira has sold the 52×13-minute animated comedy Rat-Man to HBO Family Channel Asia …

LONDON, November 16: In advance of the Asia Television Forum (ATF), Cineflix International has sold 12 of its in-house, co-produced and third-party factual titles to several Asian broadcasters. Thailand’s UBC has picked up Birth Days, a series about the emotionally …

MUNICH, November 16: Tele München Group (TMG) has chosen German actor Sebastian Koch to play the lead role of Captain Wolf Larsen in the two-part mini-series The Seawolf, based on Jack London’s novel of the same name. Koch is known …

WEST PALM BEACH, November 16: ION Media Networks will launch a multiplatform consumer education campaign aimed at informing the public about the transition from analog to digital television (DTV) in the U.S. on February 17, 2009. Traditional analog TV will …

LOS ANGELES, November 16: The Gotham Group, a management firm involved in the animation industry, has reached a deal with Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) to produce multiple pilots for prime-time animated television projects. The Gotham Group and FOX programming executives …

BRISTOL, November 16: BBC Two has commissioned Icon Films to produce Tiger Kill as part of the pubcaster’s Natural World series, for broadcast in early 2008. Tiger Kill explores the trials and tribulations of capturing a tiger killing on film, …