World Screen

April 2007 By Mansha Daswani MTV Networks International has been undergoing a fair bit of restructuring over the past few months, including redirecting resources to markets with strong growth potential. Among those is Japan, where Viacom recently took 100-percent control …

August 2007 Tokyo-born Masi Oka is recognized by millions for his role as the time-traveling comics enthusiast Hiro Nakamura on the hit NBC drama Heroes. As such, it may be a surprise to some that prior to his Emmy-nominated role …

TV Kids Weekly, July 31, 2007 ORIGIN: Based on an original idea from Augias Imagination Collectif Auteurs, the collective name of the series’ authors, led by Charles Barrez and Vincent Vandelli. DISTRIBUTORS: Alphanim Distribution (TV, home video, international licensing), Jetix …

World Screen Weekly, August 2, 2007 Actor Her role in the groundbreaking 1983 miniseries The Thorn Birds as Meggie Cleary, and her doomed love for Father Ralph, played by Richard Chamberlain, gave her worldwide notoriety. But it is not the …

World Screen Weekly, August 2, 2007 COUNTRY: Australia LAUNCH DATE: The first of the stations that are part of today’s Network Ten began broadcasting in 1959. TEN’s current five-station network was created in 1995. NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS: TEN owns and …

LOS ANGELES, August 3: Industry veteran Rose Adkins has been named global president of marketing and distribution for FarCor Studios, based in Los Angeles. Reporting to co-presidents and founders Ralph Farquhar and Dwayne Corbitt, Adkins will be responsible for developing …

LOS ANGELES, August 3: Edie Lauw has been promoted to VP of worldwide television finance at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios from her previous position as the executive director of worldwide television finance. In her new position, based in the company’s headquarters in …

NEW YORK, August 3: Bravo has promoted Cori Abraham to VP of development and production from her previous position as the director of development and production. Since joining Bravo in April 2004, Abraham has developed and executive produced shows such …

BEVERLY HILLS, August 3: News Corporation’s mobile division, Jamster, has announced the promotions of Craig Vaughan, Miriam Holzman and Beth Kearns. Vaughan is now VP of business development for Fox Mobile Entertainment, a Jamster division, after serving as executive director. …

LOS ANGELES, August 3: JoeCartoon, an online animation company recently acquired by Endemol USA, has re-launched its online portal JoeCartoon.com, dedicated to showcasing humorous videos on the Internet. The revamped website offers an enhanced user-friendly interface that includes a video …