World Screen

TORONTO, November 6: Jeff Sagansky has been appointed as the interim CEO of the Canadian production-and-distribution company Peace Arch Entertainment Group, with Gary Howsam being placed on administrative leave. The company reports that Howsam was arrested yesterday as part of …

NEW YORK, November 6: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced that screen and stage actor Roger Bart will host the 35th International Emmy Awards Gala on November 19 in New York. Bart appears in Ridley Scott’s …

LONDON, November 6: The BBC will go ahead with the broadcast of Monarchy: The Royal Family At Work, the documentary series at the heart of the “Crowngate” scandal that claimed the job of BBC One controller Peter Fincham last month. …

MUNICH, November 6: Revenues for the third quarter were up 8 percent to 247.5 million euros at German pay-TV platform Premiere, which posted a third-quarter profit of 100,000 euros, versus its 32.6 million euros loss in the previous quarter. The …

TORONTO/LONDON, November 5: DECODE Enterprises has announced the promotion of Josh Scherba to director of sales and the appointment of Lara Ilie as a sales executive. The changes in the division reflect the expansion of DECODE’s distribution activity in worldwide …

LONDON, November 5: HIT Entertainment has renewed and extended Tomy’s contract as the European master toy licensee for its classic preschool property Thomas & Friends. Tomy has licensed Thomas & Friends for nearly 12 years. In 2005, the company launched …

MOSCOW, November 5: Zodiak Television's Russian unit, Zodiak Vostok, has reached a deal with the French production company A Prime Group to co-produce two pilot episodes of its daily psychotherapy format To Understand & Forgive for French audiences. More than …

LONDON, November 5: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has picked up the rights to the 10×1-hour Australian drama Satisfaction, focused on the world of high-class escorts. The series will debut on December 5 on the new Australian network Showcase, part of Showtime’s …

WEST PALM BEACH, November 5: Beginning November 12, ION Media Networks’ digital ION Life channel will feature a new slate of lifestyle programming that includes content from categories such as diet and nutrition, travel and adventure, design and decor, fitness …

MIAMI, November 5: The new U.S. Hispanic television network CaribeVisión has launched via cable and satellite in Puerto Rico. Headquartered in Puerto Rico and Miami, CaribeVisión has now available on WJPX (San Juan), WIRS (Jayuya), WKPV (Ponce), WJWN-TV (Aguada), Choice …