World Screen

NEW YORK, September 25: Michael R. Oesterlin has been promoted to senior VP of international sales for RHI Entertainment (formerly Hallmark Entertainment). Most recently, Oesterlin served as VP of international sales at RHI Entertainment’s London offices, where he was responsible …

LOS ANGELES, September 25: Entertainment Asia Network (EAN) will present the Asia Pacific Entertainment and Media Summit 2006 for the first time in Los Angeles on November 6 and 7. EAN, a market research company that specializes in the rapidly …

ATLANTA, September 25: Boomerang will launch a new weekly franchise, No Undies Mondays, that pays tribute to classic “pants-less” cartoon characters. Starting Monday, October 9, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., Boomerang, Cartoon Network's commercial-free animation network, will feature classic …

HONG KONG, September 25: The STAR subsidiary Fortune Star Entertainment has begun production on a new high-definition feature film Dead Air, from acclaimed Hong Kong filmmaker Teddy Chen, for broadcast across Asia on the Star Chinese Movies channel. “We’re excited …

LOS ANGELES, September 25: Program Partners has acquired the U.S. broadcast syndication rights to Degrassi: The Next Generation to run as a strip beginning in the fall of 2007. Degrassi: The Next Generation is a runaway hit on The N, …

LONDON, September 25: Target Entertainment has boosted its distribution catalogue by signing an output deal with the British independent production company Scarlet Television. Scarlet was established in November 2004 and is the Manchester-based, factual-entertainment production division of Medal Entertainment. The …

HONG KONG, September 25: Star Chinese Channel in Singapore will launch a local version of Sony Pictures Television International’s (SPTI) unscripted game show format Blackjack Bowling. This local version is called Lucky Star and will be hosted by well-known TV …

LONDON, September 25: FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide (FLW) will be taking three TV brands to this year's Brand Licensing show, two of which are being introduced to the market for the first time. New for this year is the game show …

CALGARY, September 25: Following an agreement between Canadian cable platform Shaw Communications and CBS Paramount International Television, Survivor: Cook Islands has joined Shaw’s video-on-demand service. Each episode will be available for several days after the initial television broadcast on Thursday …

NEW YORK, September 25: The first season of MTV’s cult-classic comedy The State has been digitally re-mastered and will be available on iTunes starting September 26. The State was MTV’s first foray into sketch comedy. It aired in the 1990s …