World Screen

HONG KONG: FOX International Channels (FIC) is launching its first-ever original entertainment program produced in Asia, tvN K-Pop Star Hunt, a talent show done in partnership with Korea’s CJ Media and Cube Entertainment. tvN K-Pop Star Hunt will debut in Asia …

LOS ANGELES: Stratton Sclavos, the former chairman and CEO of VeriSign, has joined the new online TV network from Prospect Park, which recently scored a deal to continue production on the long-running soaps All My Children and One Life to …

SYDNEY: Resistance is a new live-action kids’ series co-produced by Australia’s Persistence Productions and Canada’s Shaftesbury Films, set to air on ABC3 in late 2012 and in Canada on YTV. The show, which is budgeted at $14 million, will be …

NEW YORK/PARIS: World Screen, in partnership with MIPCOM, will present the inaugural Content Trendsetter Awards in Cannes this October, honoring the achievements of some of the world’s top programming buyers. This year’s honorees are Mike Cosentino, the senior VP of …

CULVER CITY: 3net has aligned with Red Bull Media House North America to offer a range of the brand’s sports and culture events to U.S. audiences in 3D for the first time ever. 3net will host the world 3D premiere …

LOS ANGELES: The Parents Television Council has unveiled the results of its latest study, Cartoons Are No Laughing Matter, which finds high levels of adult content on networks with the highest rated prime-time animated cable shows among kids 12 to …

LONDON: Content Television’s Strictly Sexual: The Series, a spin-off of the hit indie feature film, has premiered in the U.S. through Hulu and the Hulu Plus subscription service. The 6×30-minute series is a spin-off of the indie cult classic Strictly …

LOS ANGELES: Endemol has established a new L.A.-based scripted TV studio operation, Endemol Studios, which is to be led by Philippe Maigret as the newly appointed CEO. Maigret will continue to oversee acquisitions for North American rights for the group, having …

PARIS: The deadline for submissions for the MIP Junior Kids’ Jury, which sees a panel of children screening preselected programs and picking their favorites, is August 25.   Submissions can be made directly via www.mipworld.com/en/mipjunior/conferences-and-events/kids-jury/form. The programs eligible for entry …

SANTA MONICA: While more than 50 percent of living rooms in the U.S. have Internet-connected devices, they remain underutilized for streaming TV and movie entertainment, finds a new report from research firm Interpret. In its recent report, The State of Internet-Connected …