World Screen

BARCELONA: Julian Barbier has been appointed head of licensing at the production and distribution company Imira Entertainment. Barbier will manage and develop Imira’s properties in Spain and Portugal and manage an international network of licensing agents. Prior to this role, …

MALIBU: The worldwide broadcast rights to Monsuno, an animated boys’ action-adventure series co-produced by JAKKS Pacific and Dentsu Entertainment USA with FremantleMedia Enterprises, have been picked up by Nickelodeon to premiere in spring 2012 on Nicktoons. The 52×30-minute series, which …

TORONTO: Skywriter Media and Entertainment Group is teaming up with Roddenberry Entertainment to develop an animated kids’ comedy that will chronicle the adolescent years of science-fiction icon Gene Roddenberry. Gene’s Journal will be based on the web comic created by …

SINGAPORE: StarHub has added to its channel lineup MNC Business and the Malay-language feed of the Malay-language feed of Sony Pictures Television Networks Asia’s One. MNC Business is a 24-hour channel that provides business and financial news and reports on …

LOS ANGELES: Twentieth Century Fox is taking its hit animated series Family Guy into the gaming arena with a new free-to-play, 3D multiplayer online experience. Family Guy Online is set in a 3D virtual Quahog, where players can interact with …

TEL AVIV: Dori Media Group has signed a deal with Endemol subsidiary WeiT Media to adapt the teen daily dramas Split and Diggers for the Russian market. The teen vampire drama Split was originally produced by Dori Media Darset for …

LOS ANGELES: Global Eagle Acquisition Corp., led by Harry Sloan and Jeff Sagansky, has brought on former Telemundo CEO Jim McNamara and venture capitalist and former Sony Pictures Entertainment executive VP Dennis Miller to its board of directors. Global Eagle …

LOS ANGELES: Anthony Zuiker, the creator behind the hit CSI franchise, has signed a three-year first-look deal with ABC Studios, ending his 12-year working relationship with CBS Television Studios. Zuiker and his Dare to Pass Productions outfit are teaming up …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group (MTG) has had another quarter of "record sales and operating profits," reporting a pre-tax profit of SEK1.352 billion ($209 million) for its half-year results, a 22-percent gain. Total net income for the half-year financials was up …

LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron announced today that the phone-hacking inquiry he has established, sparked by the News of the World scandal, will be extended beyond newspapers to broadcasters and social media. "We’ve set up a wide-ranging and independent …