World Screen

UNIVERSAL CITY: Paul Telegdy, who brought NBC recent hits such as The Voice, has been promoted to the newly created post of president of alternative and late night programming. Telegdy had been serving as executive VP of alternative for NBC, where …

BURBANK: Carolina Lightcap, the president of Disney Channels Worldwide, is exiting her post, effectively immediately, while Gary Marsh steps into the president role, along with his duties as chief creative officer. Lightcap joined The Walt Disney Company in 2000. She …

NEW YORK: Rental continues to be the preferred method of consumption for video content, according to a new report from PwC. The report, entitled Premium Content Consumption: Responding to the "Instant Access" Consumer, says that although the premium video content …

PARIS: Among the talent set to make an appearance at the upcoming MIPCOM are German filmmaker Werner Herzog, a guest of ZDF Enterprises; the stars of the new ABC Studios series Missing, including actress Ashley Judd; and Bruce Springsteen guitar …

LONDON: Sky has commissioned a second and third season of Trollied from Roughcut TV for broadcast on Sky 1 HD. Two more seasons of Trollied, which debuted in August 2011, have been commissioned with an extended run of 13 episodes …

MUNICH: SevenOne International has picked up the distribution rights for the National Geographic Channel series The Indestructibles. The series’ ten one-hour episodes premiered on National Geographic´s U.S. channel, and will premiere internationally in November on National Geographic Channel. The Indestructibles …

LONDON: Ragdoll Productions, behind hits such as In the Night Garden and Teletubbies, is launching the new series The Adventures of Abney & Teal in the U.K. on CBeebies on September 26. The series is comprised of 52 11-minute episodes …

PARIS: Moonscoop has made presales for the second season of the CGI-animated kids’ series Casper’s Scare School, with delivery set for June 2012. Mediaset in Italy, Disney Channel France, DR in Denmark and Canada’s Telequebec will join TF1, Disney Channel …

LONDON: BBC One has commissioned Initial, Endemol UK’s production arm, to produce the new series Winter Wipeout. Twelve episodes of Winter Wipeout, based on the show Total Wipeout, will be produced. The series will be hosted by Richard Hammond and …

LONDON: HISTORY channel in the U.K. has commissioned the new series No County for Old Men from the production company Alaska. The eight-episode one-hour series features comedians and best friends Simon Day and John Thomson attempting to discover how counties …