World Screen

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 6: National Geographic Channels International has promoted Rafael Sandor to senior VP of creative and marketing and has hired Stephen Hunter as senior executive producer and Jennifer Williams as director of digital media. Sandor will supervise the …

BURBANK, February 6: Samantha Ryan has been named senior VP of development and production for Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE). In her new post, Ryan will have general oversight of WBIE’s development and production teams and will be responsible for …

BURBANK, February 6: The Walt Disney Company has merged the advertising sales and promotions teams for its kids- and family-focused television, online, radio and publishing businesses under the Disney Media Advertising Sales and Marketing Group, led by Tricia Wilber as …

MONTREAL, February 6: Just For Laughs has acquired the U.S. distribution rights for My Adventures With Cloe, a new adult-skewing animated series from Canada’s Fatkat Animation Studios. My Adventures With Cloe captures the relationship between a bullied 8-year-old, Timmy, and …

TORONTO/LAKE MARY: February 6: OUTtv, the Canadian 24/7 cable channel dedicated to gay and lesbian content, has licensed five feature films from the Florida-based company Film Source. The films include: Bollywood and Vine, directed by Edward Jordon and Donald Farmer; …

LOS ANGELES, February 6: Eurocinema, the on-demand video service featuring European theatrical films, has signed an exclusive deal with The Cinema Guild making its catalog of foreign films available across North America via VOD, beginning this spring. "We’re delighted with …

NORWALK, February 6: CABLEready has signed a deal with Fox International Channels for the TV Guide Channel’s red carpet coverage of the 2007 Grammy Awards, Academy Awards and Emmy Awards. Fox-owned channels in Japan and Turkey will air four specials …

TORONTO/LONDON, February 6: DECODE Entertainment has received a commission for a new live action series for tweens, The Latest Buzz, from Canada’s The Family Channel. In The Latest Buzz (formerly known as Glimmer), a struggling youth-oriented magazine called Teen Buzz …

STOCKHOLM, February 6: NonStop Television has partnered with the mobile operator 3 in Sweden for the launch of its film channel Silver on mobile phones. The deal inked with 3 also includes NonStop Television’s entertainment channel Star!, with both Silver …

LOS ANGELES, February 6: iToys has secured the North American lead toy license for Cookie Jar Entertainment’s hit preschool property The Doodlebops and is expected to roll out a new line of toys based on the show this fall. The …