World Screen

NEW YORK, October 31: Karyn Schneider, a former executive at United Media, has been tapped to serve as the VP of licensing for Classic Media’s North American operations, effective immediately. Based in New York and reporting to the company’s senior …

STOCKHOLM, October 31: Viasat Broadcasting has named Jakob Mejlhede as VP of central programming, replacing Todd Lituchy, who is moving to the Hong Kong-based Asian satellite broadcaster STAR. In his new position, Mejlhede will oversee programming for Viasat Broadcasting's free-TV …

NEW YORK, October 31: Dr. Malore I. Brown has been named Sesame Workshop’s project director for a new multimedia production of The Electric Company, overseeing the re-launch of the classic series aimed at children aged 6 to 8. Reporting to …

PARIS, October 31: VIZ Media Europe has granted Mediaset/RTI the Italian broadcast, DVD and merchandising rights for its Blue Dragon anime property. VIZ Media holds the licensing rights for the television, home video and non-video-game merchandising for Blue Dragon in …

NEW YORK, October 31: 4Kids Entertainment has licensed its 3-D, CGI-animated series Viva Piñata to several global broadcasters, including Mexico’s Televisa and a number of networks in Asia. Additional broadcasters include TV3 (New Zealand), Animax (South Korea), Momo Kids TV …

TORONTO, October 31: Peace Arch Entertainment Group will highlight a record number of feature films at the AFM this week, headlined by Winged Creatures, starring Academy Award winners Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson. Peace Arch will be showcasing selected scenes …

SINGAPORE, October 31: Indian broadcaster New Delhi Television (NDTV) will launch its two 24-hour flagship English-language channels—NDTV 24×7 and NDTV Profit—in Singapore on SingTel’s new pay-TV platform, mioTV. The new channels will be available on mioTV starting tomorrow. NDTV 24×7 …

LONDON, October 31: In a four-year deal, IMG Media has been appointed as the exclusive sales agent to represent the television rights to women’s tennis matches from the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour throughout the Asia Pacific, Africa, the Middle East …

LONDON, October 31: The FA has concluded a range of new global broadcast deals for FA Cup and England matches, worth more than $300 million for the four-year period from 2008 to 2012. The identity of the successful bidders will …

SINGAPORE, October 31: This year’s Asia Media Festival (AMF), to be held in Singapore from November 14 to December 4, has announced that some 5,400 participants are set to attend, a 16-percent increase from last year. The total number of …