World Screen

NEW YORK, August 22: YouTube today introduced video advertising on the site, opting for “overlays” as opposed to pre-rolls where ads are featured at the beginning of a clip. The overlay ad appears at the bottom of a clip 15 …

LEIPZIG/LONDON/NEW YORK, August 21: Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP) has appointed Arwed-Ralf Grenzbach to the newly created role of VP of videogames, music and special products, effective immediately. In his new role, based in London, Grenzbach will report to …

ENGLEWOOD, August 21: Stephan Shelanski, currently the senior VP of programming at Starz Entertainment, has been promoted to executive VP of programming, where he will be responsible for content across all of the company’s platforms. In his new role, Shelanski …

AMSTERDAM, August 21: Off the Fence has licensed a range of factual programming to channels in Russia, including a deal with NTS for 15 hours of content. Among the titles in the NTS deal are JFK’s Women—The Scandals Revealed, a …

LONDON, August 21: Cake Distribution’s animated series Skunk Fu! has been licensed into the U.S. via The CW’s Kids’ WB! Saturday morning block. The 52×12-minute property, created by Aidan Harte, is targeted to children aged 6 to 12. It is …

LONDON, August 21: Ranking the Stars, a format distributed by Outright Distribution, has been licensed for a first run on Belgium’s VTM and a second season on BNN (on Ned 3) in the Netherlands, and has been optioned in seven …

LONDON, August 21: S4C International has announced new deals on its successful preschool property Hana’s Helpline with RAI, Nickelodeon Australia, Hop! Channel in Israel and France’s Piwi. The deals are in addition to previous sales to broadcasters including ZDF and …

NEW YORK, August 21: The Associated Press (AP) has reached an agreement with NBC Sports and NBC Olympics to be the exclusive news agency for the online distribution of select NBC-produced text content and video links related to the 2008 …

NEW YORK, August 21: Comedy Central has announced its fall programming schedule, which will feature the return of series like South Park alongside the premiere of the comedic reality series Kenny vs. Spenny. Several series have made it back onto …

ATLANTA, August 21: Extending its Get Animated healthy lifestyles initiative, Cartoon Network has unveiled Props, a one-hour special that will give six select kids a chance to spend time with their celebrity heroes, including tennis icons Venus and Serena Williams …