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World Screen Weekly, March 8, 2007 Chairman and CEO BKN New Media For BKN New Media, MIPTV 2007 comes at a time for consolidation, not new product rollouts. “This time of year,” chairman and CEO Allen Bohbot says, “people ask, …

LONDON, March 8: IMG Media’s Darlow Smithson has recently completed an internal restructure, with executive chairman John Smithson also assuming the role of chief creative director and Tom Brisley, formerly head of factual, promoted to creative director. In Smithson’s additional …

EL SEGUNDO, March 8: DIRECTV has promoted Derek Chang to executive VP of content strategy and development and Dan Hartman to senior VP of programming acquisition. In his new role, Chang will oversee all programming strategy, development and acquisitions for …

LONDON, March 8: Andrew Hall has been appointed to the newly-created role of senior VP of legal at NBC Universal International, effective immediately. In his new role, Hall will lead legal strategic corporate initiatives for NBC Universal International, including coordinating …

LOS ANGELES, March 8: DIRECTV executive Dan Fawcett has been appointed president of digital media for Fox Entertainment Group (FEG), effective immediately. In his new role, Fawcett will further the growth and evolution of the company’s digital media strategy, including …

NEW JERSEY, March 8: Alfred Haber Distribution Inc. (AHDI) has secured the international rights, excluding Australia, to MTV Networks’ Home James, a 10×30-minute unscripted reality series. Produced by the original team from MTV’s The Real World, Home James follows the …

NEW YORK, March 8: Nickelodeon’s night-time programming block, Nick at Nite, has acquired two ABC series, America’s Funniest Home Videos and George Lopez, for broadcast on the network this year. Starting from April 30 at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT), the network …

LONDON, March 8: Ten “wayward” British men will be transported to an American prison in Arizona in the new documentary series Brits Behind Bars: America’s Toughest Jail, a new commission for Bravo U.K.’s schedule in the second quarter. The men …

SYDNEY, March 8: ARD and KI.KA in Germany have acquired Southern Star’s new 52-part animated series The Sea Princesses through Degeto Film. Southern Star International will launch the series at this year’s MIPTV, with Seven Network already on board as …

LONDON, March 8: The TVNZ reality format The Big Experiment, represented by Distraction, has been licensed to TF1 and is currently in development for broadcast later this year. The show is billed as a social experiment that gives participants the …