World Screen

GSN Hires Former Animal Planet Exec SANTA MONICA, October 23: GSN has named Joel McGee, previously with Animal Planet, to the post of executive director of development. In his new role, McGee’s responsibilities will include developing in-house original content as …

MUNICH, October 23: Tandem Communications has promoted Bernhard Schwab to international sales director, reporting directly to Tandem’s partner and managing director, Rola Bauer. Schwab will head up Tandem’s sales division, overseeing the company’s sales activities in Russia, Poland, Hungary, Benelux, …

NEW YORK, October 23: Channel One Russia Worldwide, a 24-hour Russian network, is now available to Time Warner Cable digital customers in selected parts of New York and New Jersey. Channel One Russia Worldwide is an international version of Channel …

NEW YORK, October 23: Classic Media has acquired the international rights to Turok: Son of Stone, an animated feature-length film based on a Gold Key Comics title, for premiere at this year’s AFM. The film is presented by The Weinstein …

SANTA MONICA, October 23: Nickelodeon has picked up seven additional episodes of its teen comedy series Just Jordan, bringing its second-season total to 20 episodes. The show will be moving to a new day and time—Saturdays at 8:30 p.m.—beginning on …

PARIS, October 23: Marathon Media has secured international sales for its animated properties Monster Buster Club, Famous Five On The Case and Totally Spies. The 52×26-minute Monster Buster Club, which makes its world premiere on October 29 on TF1 in …

SYDNEY, October 23: ABC TV and Southern Star Entertainment have begun production on a third season of the 26-part teen drama series Blue Water High, shot on location on the northern beaches of Sydney, Australia. Blue Water High follows six …

SAN FRANCISCO, October 23: MobiTV has entered into a multi-year agreement with Sprint to continue working together to advance and extend Sprint’s stable of mobile television services in the U.S., including Sprint TV, Sprint TV Xtra, and Sprint TV en …

BASKING RIDGE/CULVER CITY, October 23: Sony Pictures Television’s The Minisode Network, featuring four- to six-minute versions of the studio's classic television shows, will now be available on Verizon Wireless’s mobile V CAST service. The shows offered as minisodes on V …

LONDON, October 23: Galleon Holdings has agreed to purchase the Hong Kong-based media solutions company Phoenix Investment Global for initial consideration of £1.5 million. Additionally, a deferred consideration of up to £500,000 will become payable subject to, among other things, …