World Screen

BURBANK, September 5: Warner Bros. Television Group is launching Studio 2.0, a venture that will develop original live-action and animated short-form programming for broadband and wireless devices. Heading up the unit will be award-winning producer and senior advertising executive Rich …

ALVISO/NEW YORK, September 5: TiVo subscribers will be able to record the new CBS sitcom The Class a week before its September 18 broadcast premiere, it was announced today, and will receive previews of the new dramas Jericho, Smith and …

NEW YORK, September 5: Viacom veteran Tom Freston has resigned as president and CEO of the company, it was announced today, with board member Philippe P. Dauman—said to be a close confidant of executive chairman and founder Sumner Redstone—named to …

MONTREAL/LONDON, September 1: Distraction has moved to a new office in London and has announced two new staff appointments in its European operations. Michel Rodrigue, Distraction’s president and CEO, said of the new location: “At last we have an office …

UNTERFOEHRING, September 1: Patrick Elmendorff is stepping down as managing director of EM.Entertainment and Junior.TV at the end of this year, with his responsibilities to be assumed by fellow MD Susanne Schosser. Elmendorff exits on December 31 after seven years …

BARCELONA, September 1: Icon Animation has notched up deals on four of its third-party properties with Spanish broadcaster RTVE, which also extended its rights to Icon’s own Lola & Virginia. The deal also covers Corneil & Bernie; Vampires, Pirates and …

ENGLEWOOD, September 1: Starz has begun airing a series of animated shorts called The ‘Wood that the premium channel is billing as a “tongue-in-cheek homage” to Hollywood. The first shorts featuring the six “cele-bear-ties” are currently being rolled out on …

ENCINO, September 1: Solid Entertainment has secured the international distribution rights to Inside Sportfishing, marking the first time the series has been offered on the worldwide market. The award-winning show, of 52 23-minute episodes and 26 50-minute episodes, features top …

LOS ANGELES/BOCA RATON, September 1: Cinamour Entertainment has entered into a joint venture with the Florida-based outfit Reality Racing for the new series Reality Racing—The Rookie Challenge, featuring amateur stock car racers. Cinamour Entertainment will handle the worldwide distribution of …

EL SEGUNDO, September 1: The DIRECTV original series CD USA, produced by Blaze Television, is slated to air in markets around the world, including across the Asia Pacific, Latin America and the Middle East. The show, featuring performances by Kelly …