World Screen

NEW YORK, September 26: Sky News’s coverage of last year’s London bombings and a special from the Netherlands on a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan have picked up International Emmys in the news category. London Bombings July 7th, 2005, …

MUNICH, September 26: Shares at ProSiebenSat.1 Media rose some 6 percent on rumors that Apax Partners and Goldman Sachs are in negotiations to acquire the German media group. Earlier this year, Axel Springer failed in its attempt to buy the …

MONTREAL, September 25: Distraction has promoted Sarah Coursey to European sales manager, with a mandate to generate new business in her current territories and supervise the European sales team. Based in London, Coursey will report directly to the Montreal office. …

LONDON, September 25: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has promoted Mark Newton to executive VP for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia Pacific at FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide (FLW). In this new role, Newton expands his remit to manage FremantleMedia’s ancillary …

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 …