World Screen

ENGLEWOOD: DISH Network continues to expand its online offerings with the addition of shows from Turner Broadcasting System’s Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and truTV. Programs such as Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, Adventure Time and Regular Show from Cartoon Network; Children’s …

ROME: Mondo TV is presenting its 2D animated comedy series The Trash Pack, which is set to launch in the fall in Italy and Spain, at the Licensing International Expo, with a rollout to the U.S. and worldwide planned for 2012. …

MADRID: BRB Internacional has hired Emilie Pasquet as head of sales for its audiovisual distribution area for France, the U.K. and Italy. Pasquet is returning to BRB after starting her career with the company a decade ago; as a BRB sales representative, …

BUENOS AIRES: Telefe has named Ariel Katz as senior sales executive of satellite signals. In his new role, Katz will be responsible for selling Telefe’s pay-TV channels by developing commercial relationships with clients in Argentina and elsewhere. Prior to joining Telefe, …

NEW YORK: Sjoerd Raemakers, the managing director of Telescreen, talks about his hopes for the new property Mia and Me and the benefits the company has derived since joining the m4e group two and a half years ago.   The …

SÃO PAULO: The Globo TV International telenovela Written in the Stars is set to be broadcast this month in Canada on OMNI, as well as launch in Costa Rica on Teletica. The series, which will also air in Nicaragua on …

LOS ANGELES: Production is under way on the new TV Land original Happily Divorced, starring and co-written by Fran Drescher, with an official debut planned for June 15. The series features Drescher (The Nanny) alongside John Michael Higgins (Best in …

NEW YORK: Time Warner’s Digital TV customers in New York City now have access to more than 175 HD channels, with new international packages and additional digital and on-demand channels also available. New HD channels that joined the service include Bloomberg …

NEW YORK: Spike TV has re-upped its partnership with Microsoft for the exclusive broadcast coverage of the Xbox 360 E3 Media Briefing at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. On June 6, Spike will air the Xbox 360: The Future Revealed telecasts …

TORONTO: The supernatural Canadian drama Lost Girl has 13 new episodes in production from Prodigy Pictures in association with Shaw Media, with season two of the series to premiere on Showcase this fall. The 13×1-hour second season is being filmed …