World Screen

LOS ANGELES, January 17: Bryan Postlethwait has been named as the senior VP of programming for the Playboy Entertainment Group. In this position he will oversee the planning, production, acquisition, coordination and scheduling of all content for broadcast and DVD …

MIAMI, January 17: Discovery Networks in Latin America has named Vicky Zambrano as director of programming for People + Arts, which reaches 14 million homes in the region. Zambrano will be responsible for managing programming, scheduling and acquisitions for the …

REDMOND, January 17: MSN has partnered with Reveille on The Big Debate, an original broadband series. The Big Debate, which will premiere on originals.msn.com/thebigdebate, is a comedic and interactive daily original program in which two pop culture experts discuss the …

NEW YORK, January 17: MTV: Music Television is bringing Making the Band back for a new season, with Sean “Diddy” Combs now looking to form a boy band. Open call auditions for Making the Band 4 are scheduled to kick …

LOS ANGELES, January 17: The LGBT-targeted network here! has wrapped production on the first season of its original scripted horror series The Lair, with the first of six half-hour episodes expected to premiere this spring. Set in a small coastal …

MIAMI, January 17: On the heels of celebrating its 10th anniversary in the region, Nickelodeon Latin America announced a slate of new programming for its spring lineup at NATPE. The shows include two series first developed for non-traditional platforms, Mr. …

NEW YORK, January 17: Sundance Channel has given the go-ahead to a third season of its original series Iconoclasts, which is slated to launch in October. Iconoclasts puts a twist on the standard celebrity interview program by pairing two leading …

BCI, FremantleMedia Sign Exclusive DVD Publishing Agreement LOS ANGELES, January 17: BCI has licensed the long-term North American DVD publishing and distribution rights to programming from FremantleMedia, including The Price is Right, Family Feud, the British sitcom The IT Crowd …

MONTREAL, January 17: Distraction is exploiting its growing Funny Home Video Library with more episodes of Comedy of Errors, which is being showcased at NATPE with a new collection called Distraction Gags. Distraction Gags is a new hidden-camera collection suitable …

MOSCOW/STOCKHOLM, January 17: Zodiak Television is continuing its Russian and CIS expansion with the launch of Zodiak Vostok to handle production, business development and sales in the region. Zodiak Vostok will be led by MD Patrick Nebout, the former head …