World Screen

TORONTO, June 30: The Protest Revolution, a four-part documentary series produced for BBC4 and Canada's VisionTV has wrapped up principle photography. Filmed in high definition by IWC Media and Cream Productions on location in the U.K., Europe and North America, …

BUDAPEST, June 30: HBO Central Europe has named Ondrej Zach as country manager for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Zach will have overall responsibility for HBO basic and premium channels in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and will have oversight …

LONDON, June 30: Granada International has appointed Jennifer Harrington as head of formats. Harrington, who was sales director at Twentieth Century Fox International Television, will be based in Granada’s London office. She will be responsible for the sale of Granada …

SAN FRANCISCO, June 30: VIZ Pictures, a new sister company of VIZ Media, is set to release the romantic comedy Train Man: Densha Otoko in on DVD in North America in January. Adapted from the Japanese bestseller by Hitori Nakano, …

BARCELONA, June 30: Children’s entertainment producers, Neptuno Films chose the Barcelona Aquarium for the location of the company’s 15th anniversary. Hosted by Neptuno’s co-founders, Cristina Brandner and Josep Viciana, the event featured a big band, magicians and caricaturists, for a …

LONDON, June 30: BKN Home Entertainment, a division of BKN International AG, has signed a deal a Universal Music Operations (UMO) for the exclusive distribution, in the U.K. and Ireland, of its DVD and home entertainment products. “I am delighted …

PARIS, June 30: Marathon Media has appointed MGM Consumer Products as the exclusive North American licensing agent for Team Galaxy, and Bandai America Inc. as the master toy licensee. The futuristic animated action series Team Galaxy is set in the …

NEW JERSEY, June 30: Alfred Haber Distribution (AHDI) has finalized the sale of the 7th Annual Latin Grammy Awards to several Latin American broadcasters. The awards show will air live from Madison Square Garden in New York City on November …

LOS ANGELES, June 30: PorchLight Entertainment, the producer and distributor of the preschool series, Jay Jay The Jet Plane, and India’s UTV will produce the feature-length animated movie, Jay Jay’s Race Around The World. Pre-production on the movie is set …

BURBANK/LONDON, June 30: Following the L.A. Screenings, Warner Bros. International Television has sold three series to the U.K. channel LIVINGtv. Justice, from Emmy-winning executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer offers a behind-the-scenes look at how high-profile cases are tried in the media …