World Screen

LONDON/HONG KONG, June 15: Granada International has tapped Bloomberg Television executive James Ross to drive its business in Asia, setting up a new office in Hong Kong. Ross will continue to be based in Hong Kong, serving as regional director …

BANFF, June 15: More than 1,450 television executives attended the Banff World Television Festival, which ended yesterday in Alberta, Canada. The year’s event was marked by the signing of a number of new deals, including Paperny Films’ securing a C$1.4-million …

LONDON, June 15: The BBC has picked up Fremantle International Distribution’s youth-skewing ABC Family and Global TV drama Falcon Beach for a daytime slot, extending the show’s reach to 18 countries worldwide. The series, which launched in the U.S. earlier …

LONDON, June 15: Channel 4 has announced its first new show pickups from Buena Vista International Television (BVITV), taking the novela adaptation Betty the Ugly and Calista FLockhart’s Brothers & Sisters. Betty the Ugly is the American adapatation of the …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER, June 15: Independent studio Lionsgate has reported a fiscal 2006 net profit of $6.1 million, down some 70 percent from the previous year’s $20.3 million, despite a 13-percent gain in revenues to $951.2 million. Free cash flow was …

LOS ANGELES, June 14: Twentieth Century Fox Television has promoted Gary Krakower to the position of VP of international licensing in its licensing and merchandising division. Krakower is charged with overseeing the international licensing, retail and television promotions business in …

LONDON, June 14: Lazarus Consulting, formed by former Celador International executive Steve Lazarus last October, has been named as the British agent for edel music, a German-based media company, with a view to sourcing British content for edel to release …

TORONTO, June 14: Peace Arch Entertainment Group’s TV division has received a commission from the CTV Travel Channel to produce an initial five episodes for the new franchise UberGuide Television. The programs will follow a top ten countdown format, with …

WOODLAND HILLS, June 14: California-based Showcase Entertainment has secured a trio of new European deals on Flight 29 Down, a live-action series for tweens that is being billed as “Lost for kids.” The 26×30-minute show about a group of kids …

BARCELONA, June 14: The Spanish animation outfit Neptuno Films has notched up a raft of television, new media and licensing deals across Central and Eastern Europe in advance of its stint at DISCOP next week, including the sale of 378 …