World Screen

LONDON/PARIS, April 10: Buena Vista International Television (BVITV) has appointed Alexandre Moussard as VP of sales for French-speaking Europe, reporting to Jim Brehm, the company’s senior VP of sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Moussard, who will be …

LONDON, April 10: Chris Philip is set to join Power as president of worldwide sales upon the completion of his contract with NBC Universal International Television Distribution, where he is the VP of sales for Latin America. A former executive …

TORONTO, April 10: Peace Arch Entertainment has expanded its international distribution team, hiring CHUM executives Kevin Byles and Victor Rodriguez. Byles, formerly VP and general manager of CHUM International, has been named president of international distribution. He will oversee all …

LONDON, April 10: 3DD Entertainment has secured the worldwide TV and DVD rights, excluding North America, to I Trust You To Kill Me, a 90-minute music documentary featuring 24 star Kiefer Sutherland. The deal was brokered with 3DD by William …

BARCELONA, April 10: Spain’s Icon Animation has secured new sales on its girl-skewing animated series Lola & Virginia with broadcasters in Brazil, Romania, Russia and Ireland. In Brazil, the free-TV channel SBT has acquired the series, along with a licensing …

DUBLIN, April 10: Brotherhood, Showtime’s original series about two brothers in an Irish-American neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island, has been acquired by Ireland’s Channel 6 in a deal with CBS Paramount International Television. The show features two brothers—one a gangster, …

BEIJING, April 10: According to the Associated Press, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has started filming a 40-part drama about the martial arts icon Bruce Lee. The Legend of Bruce Lee began filming in Shunde in Guangdong, the ancestral home of …

KUALA LUMPUR, April 10: Astro All Asia Networks is teaming with India’s Maran Group, owner of the Sun TV Network, to launch a direct-to-home platform in India. Under the proposed transaction, South Asia Entertainment Holdings, a wholly owned unit of …

SILVER SPRING, April 10: Discovery Communications has axed 200 staffers, wire reports indicate, in order to free up funds to increase spending on original programming. The 200 layoffs account for about 3 percent of the Maryland-based company’s workforce, Bloomberg News …

NEW YORK/SUNNYVALE, April 10: Under the terms of a multi-year partnership announced today, Yahoo! will serve as the exclusive provider of sponsored search and contextual ads to all of Viacom's 33 broadband sites in the U.S., including MTV.com, VH1.com, Nickelodeon.com, …