World Screen

October 2007 By CONTACT _Con-3F4A1850B c s l Mansha Daswani As the senior executive VP of entertainment and production for FremantleMedia’s worldwide entertainment division, Rob Clark oversees the international rollout of all of the company’s developed or acquired unscripted formats. …

October 2007 It’s all about the story. That’s what wildlife-documentary filmmakers and the people who finance them say when people start talking about all the hot new video technology that seems to be dominating the genre these days. But they’re …

October 2007 More than a decade since Pokémon became a global phenomenon, producers and distributors of anime are still looking for the next breakout hit. Thanks to a Nintendo video game and accompanying TV series, there was a time a …

TV Kids Weekly, November 06, 2007 ORIGIN: The Miffy Classic (2-D) and Miffy and Friends (3-D) animated series are based on the picture books by Dick Bruna, which have sold 85 million copies worldwide. The Miffy stories are published in …

World Screen Weekly, November 08, 2007 President American Cinema International Throughout her career in international distribution, Chevonne O’Shaughnessy has made it a point of always responding to what the market wants—first at PM Entertainment, where she worked with George Shamieh …

World Screen Weekly, November 08, 2007 COUNTRY: United Kingdom LAUNCH DATE: November 7, 2007 OWNERSHIP: British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) DISTRIBUTION: The channel is available as part of the “Style and Culture” package on the Sky satellite platform, which reaches more …

CALGARY, November 9: The Shaw Rocket Fund has announced that it is now accepting submissions for the 2008 Shaw Rocket Prize, which awards C$50,000 to the best independently produced Canadian youth or family program. This year, the Shaw Rocket Prize …

DENVER, November 9: Thought Equity Motion has launched Premier Partner Program, a new distribution system that will make its footage collection more readily available to clients in Europe and Latin America. The new distribution system will be provided in conjunction …

NEW YORK, November 9: My Damn Channel, an entertainment studio and new-media platform for content creators, has launched the Big Fat Brain Channel, which will roll out two new original comedy series: Itty Bitty Liddy and Tim After Tim. Located …

TORONTO, November 9: The sports media and entertainment company Insight Sports has reached its first carriage agreement in the U.S. for the Canadian-based World Fishing Network (WFN), which will launch on Verizon FiOS TV. WFN will be available in 12 …