World Screen

PARIS: CANAL+ has finalized a deal to acquire 33.33 percent of the Orange Cinema Series package of channels from France Telecom. Under the terms of the new partnership, France Telecom’s Orange will maintain a 66.66 percent stake in Orange Cinema Series, …

LONDON: Sky Italia chief Tom Mockridge has been tapped by News Corporation to succeed Rebekah Brooks as the CEO of News International, following her resignation today. Mockridge, a News Corp. veteran, has led the Italian pay-TV platform since 2003. He has …

BURBANK, July 14: The Bachelor’s creator and executive producer, Mike Fleiss has been made executive producer of the new CW reality series H8R, which premieres September 14. Fleiss will executive produce along with H8R creators Lisa Gregorisch-Dempsey (Extra), Jeremy Spiegel …

UNIVERSAL CITY: Robert Greenblatt has tapped Jennifer Salke as the new president of NBC Entertainment, where she is responsible for primetime and daytime programming. Salke will oversee the drama development, comedy development, current programming and casting departments. She joins the …

NEW YORK, July 14: Viacom International Media Networks has closed a series of new deals on the Nickelodeon and Sony Music co-production Big Time Rush in Europe and Latin America. RTE in Ireland and ORF in Austria have opted for …

NEW YORK: A second season of the successful series Teen Wolf has been picked up by MTV to air in 2012. Teen Wolf is the highest-rated new series of 2010 and 2011 on MTV and ranks fourth across all TV …

BURBANK: Disney XD in the U.S. has announced a new live-action comedy called Lab Rats, which will begin production in September for a 2012 premiere. A companion to the Disney XD hit Kickin’ It, Lab Rats is the story of …

SINGAPORE: Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific (DNAP) is taking its high-definition network to Thailand, inking a carriage deal with pay-TV platform TrueVisions. Discovery HD World will be available to Gold and Platinum subscribers of TrueVisions’ HD pack for a monthly fee. Six …

LOS ANGELES: Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE) has enhanced the roles of executives John O’Hara and Paul Condolora following the news of Christina Miller’s departure from the global licensing and merchandising arm of the kids’ broadcaster. O’Hara, executive VP of Cartoon …

MADRID: Cuarzo Producciones, Banijay Group’s production outfit in Spain, has received a commission from Canal 9 for a local version of the ALL3MEDIA International format The Village. Cuarzo will produce eight one-hour episodes based on the Studio Lambert creation—which aired …