World Screen

VANCOUVER: The Canadian animation studio Rainmaker Entertainment has promoted Tara Kemes from director of talent development to the newly created post of VP of culture and talent. Kemes has been with Rainmaker since 2009. She will now lead the company's …

When Endemol acquired the Southern Star Group in January 2009, the producer of megahit formats like Big Brother and Deal or No Deal not only significantly augmented its library of finished programs, it also got an experienced executive to run …

PARIS: David Stapf, the president of CBS Television Studios, and Armando Nuñez, the president and CEO of CBS Global Distribution Group, are on board to deliver a joint keynote address as part of MIPCOM's Media Mastermind Keynote series. The joint …

TOKYO: First-quarter financials at Sony Corporation show a 5.8 percent revenue boost to 1.8 trillion yen ($17.9 billion), with profit soaring from 3.1 billion yen ($30 million) in the year-ago period to 26.8 billion yen ($265 million), lifted by PS4 …

NEW YORK: Robert Halmi Sr., the prolific TV producer who founded RHI Entertainment, passed away yesterday at the age of 90. Halmi was born in Hungary and was a freedom fighter during WWII. He founded his production company, RHI Entertainment, …

GLENDALE: DreamWorks Animation reported a loss of $15.4 million for the second quarter, compared to a prior-year profit of $22.3 million. Revenue declined 43 percent to $122.3 million from $213.4 million in the same quarter a year ago. The company …

PARIS: Media mogul Simon Cowell is being honored as the Personality of the Year at MIPCOM, where he will give a keynote interview in the Grand Auditorium on Monday, October 13. Cowell's media enterprise spans film, TV and music. He …

GLENDALE: DreamWorks Animation has bolstered its executive team with the addition of former Disney exec Mark Zoradi as COO, while promoting Ann Daly to president and expanding the remit of Lew Coleman to include the post of vice chairman. Zoradi …

BURBANK: The Walt Disney Company has named Paul Candland to the newly created post of president for Asia, giving him oversight of the company's operations in  Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia and Greater China. Candland is currently the president of Walt …

LONDON: Sky has invested a further $400,000 in Jaunt, a video start-up specializing in cinematic virtual reality. BSkyB previously made a $350,000 equity investment in the California-based company in an earlier round of funding in December 2013. According to Sky, …