World Screen

CANNES, October 9: Delivering the Latin American keynote at MIPCOM today in a session moderated by Anna Carugati, the group editorial director of WSN INC.—the company behind World Screen and TV Latina—Emilio Azcárraga, the president and CEO of Grupo Televisa, …

NEW YORK, October 9: Sundance Channel has acquired the first two seasons of the British comedy series Pulling, and the eight-part Australian sketch series Big Girl’s Blouse, which Laura Michalchyshyn, the executive VP and general manager of programming and creative …

World Screen Weekly, October 4, 2007 O.S.I. Earlier this year, independent distributors Ocule Films and Solid Entertainment announced plans to join forces under the banner of O.S.I. They took a joint stand at MIPTV and will be exhibiting together again …

World Screen Weekly, October 4, 2007 Executive Producer & Partner Breakthrough Films & Television Ira Levy always had an inkling that he would end up in the entertainment business. In high school he was making Super 8 movies and started …

World Screen Weekly, October 4, 2007 COUNTRY: U.S.A. LAUNCH DATE: September 1, 2005, in the U.S. and August 20, 2007 in the U.K. on Sky. NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS: 10 million across the U.S. and the U.K. DESCRIPTION: A 24-hour general-entertainment …

TV Kids Weekly, October 2, 2007 ORIGIN: The series is based on an original idea by Aidan Harte and Hyon-Ho Khang. The idea was then further developed into a series concept by Aidan Harte and Paul Young, both from Cartoon …

TV Kids Weekly, October 2, 2007 ORIGIN: An original idea by BKN International AG DISTRIBUTOR: BKN International AG CREATOR: Rick Ungar TV SHOW: There are a total of 36×22-minute and 1×60-minute episodes in 2-D animation. Episodes 1-26 will be delivered …

TORONTO, October 8: Peace Arch Entertainment Group has named longtime Showtime buyer Larry Greenberg as its senior VP of acquisitions. Based out of the company’s office in Los Angeles, Greenberg will report to Berry Meyerowitz, the president of Peace Arch …

CANNES, October 8: Scandinavian production outfit Nordisk Film TV has entered into a strategic alliance with British production outfit Zig Zag Productions, kicking off with the U.K. pilot co-production of the new game show Bias. The alliance will see the …

HONG KONG, October 8: Celestial Pictures has expanded the reach of its Shaw Brothers martial-arts films into Slovenia and Israel, scoring deals with Viasat Broadcasting and SAT-Interactive. The Viasat deal marks the first time Celestial’s Shaw Brothers martial arts films …