World Screen

LONDON: Following its acquisition of a majority stake in BlazHoffski last month, Warner Bros. International Production has landed its first commissions for formats from the independent producer. Tower C has been ordered for 12 episodes in France by Canal +. …

LOS ANGELES: The return of The Walking Dead broke records on AMC in the U.S., drawing 7.3 million total viewers, and kept the momentum going with Fox International Channels’ global rollout of the second season also shattering records in Spain. …

STOCKHOLM: Net sales were up 3 percent in the third quarter at Modern Times Group (MTG), though pre-tax profits slipped 7 percent to SEK439 million ($66.6 million). Total net income for the third quarter was down 15 percent, from SEK359 …

LONDON: Pre-tax profit for the first quarter at BSkyB rose 33 percent on the year-ago period to £307 million, on revenues that were up 9 percent to £1.66 billion. The U.K. pay-TV operator reported 10.4 million customers, which included 3.9 …

PARIS: The Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA) has put out a call for applications for six HD channels to broadcast on France’s DTT network. The deadline for applications is January 3, 2012, with the selection taking place in mid-March. The formal …

BURBANK: Carla Carpenter, the former VP and news director at ABC’s WPVI-TV in Philadelphia, has been promoted to senior VP of digital media of the ABC Owned Television Stations Group (OTVS). Carpenter will report to Rebecca Campbell, the president of …

ATLANTA: Warner Bros. Animation’s Green Lantern: The Animated Series is heading to Cartoon Network for a one-hour special event. The CG animated special will premiere November 11 with the series ultimately debuting on Cartoon Network next year as part of …

NEW YORK/LONDON/SINGAPORE: Jonathan South has been upped to VP of content sales for EMEA at A+E Networks, while Ling-Sze Gan has been promoted to senior director of content sales for Asia. South, based in London, oversees sales for more than 9,500 …

MILAN: Atlantyca Entertainment has signed up China’s 21st Century Publishing House to publish 1 million Geronimo Stilton books that will be promotionally priced to encourage children to read. 21st Century takes on the Chinese-language rights to The Little Book of …

LONDON: CreaCon Entertainment is launching its flagship children’s show City of Friends on Five’s Milkshake! block in the U.K. tomorrow, with a number of licensing appointments coming alongside the debut. The new 52×10-minute CGI preschool series has already launched in …