World Screen

WINNIPEG, August 17: CanWest Global Communications Corp. has received approval from Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) to take control of Ten Network Holdings. CanWest can now exercise its right to exchange its ordinary shares and convertible debentures of The …

HONG KONG/LONDON, August 16: HIT Entertainment has appointed Singapore-based FCI Brands as the licensing agent to represent its portfolio of preschool properties in Southeast Asia. FCI Brands will represent and manage licensees for HIT Entertainment brands like Thomas & Friends, …

BURBANK, August 16: Starz Media has named William Hamm as executive VP of creative development, a newly created position that will give him oversight of project development for the company. Hamm joins the company in late August, and will be …

LOS ANGELES, August 16: Jeffery Engelen has been promoted to VP of worldwide sales for PorchLight Entertainment, taking on expanded responsibilities to accelerate worldwide sales activities prior to MIPCOM. Reporting to Ken DuBow, PorchLight’s president of worldwide distribution, Engelen’s sales …

LONDON, August 16: Sky executive Kate Barnes has been tapped as the channel editor of Five’s digital channels Five Life and Five US. Barnes takes up her new role in the fall, reporting to Hannah Barnes, the director of programs …

BUENOS AIRES, August 16: MTV Networks Argentina has appointed Fernando Gastón as VP of content for MTV and VH1 Argentina, based in Buenos Aires. In his new role, Gastón will oversee all production and programming for MTV and VH1 in …

NEW YORK, August 16: To mark the tenth anniversary of Princess Diana’s death this month, Lifetime Television will launch a three-night programming event that will include her 1995 BBC interview with award-winning journalist Martin Bashir, followed by the broadcast of …

LONDON, August 16: Distraction has secured a number of new deals for its reality formats and completed productions in Sweden, France and Poland. TV4 Sweden has picked up three seasons of the family entertainment ready-to-air format StripSearch. These three seasons …

NEW YORK, August 16: The female-targeted cable network WE tv has unveiled an extensive new lineup of original and acquired programming for its WE Go Bridal wedding block, including the VH1 reality series The Fabulous Life Presents: VH1’s Big Fat …

TEL AVIV, August 16: Dori Media Group has launched three dedicated telenovela channels on the video-sharing platform YouTube that will include exclusive new content like trailers, outtakes and interviews with telenovela stars. This marks the first time that YouTube will …