World Screen

LONDON: Passion Distribution has scored deals for more than 200 hours of programming across Central and Eastern Europe, following its outing at the recent DISCOP East market in Budapest. The series Baby Beauty Queens, Design Star season one, Secrets from …

NEW YORK: Four months after emerging from bankruptcy protection, RHI Entertainment has announced the exit of president and CEO Robert Halmi, Jr., while Halmi, Sr. will remain under a long-term production agreement. Also out at the company is COO Peter von Gal, …

MUNICH: Nina Etspüler has been hired by the Red Arrow Entertainment Group as creative producer in the area of creative operations and business development. Etspüler will work to identify and develop TV formats from the group’s internal and external creative …

LONDON: Turner Broadcasting has named Anthony Lukom as VP and general manager for the U.K. and Ireland, to lead the company’s entire entertainment business, including Cartoon Network, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and Adult Swim. Lukom joined Turner in May 2010 …

LONDON: The U.K.’s CiTV has commissioned its own kids’ version of Zodiak Media’s hit adventure game-show format Fort Boyard that will also roll out on Disney XD channels across the globe. The kids’ version, Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge, will premiere …

LOS ANGELES: Paramount Pictures is launching an in-house animation division to roll out feature-film titles with budgets of up to $100 million each, with the first slated for release in 2014. Brad Grey, the studio’s chairman and CEO, said the move …

KANSAS CITY: Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movies, which have been airing on the CBS network for 16 years, will be making the move to ABC beginning with the 2011-12 season, with encore runs on the Hallmark Channel. The first Hallmark …

NEW YORK: Veria TV is to provide health and wellness programming to U.S. troops stationed around the world via a three-year distribution deal with the American Forces Network. The American Forces Network (AFN) is operated by the Department of Defense, …

TORONTO/NEW YORK: The original animated series The World of Bruce McCall, from the digital producer iThentic, is to air on Canada’s CBC as well as the online portal My Damn Channel. My Damn Channel will host the videos and world …

PARIS/NEW YORK: Eurosport has renewed its long-term partnership with World Snooker and IMG Media for an additional five seasons of tournament coverage. The new agreement, extending through the 2015-16 season, increases Eurosport’s snooker offering from 10 to 19 tournaments per season. …