World Screen

NEW YORK: CKx, the parent company of 19 Entertainment, is to be acquired by private-equity firm Apollo Global Management in a deal valued at about $510 million. CKx stockholders will receive $5.50 in cash for each share that they hold—a 40 …

ARLINGTON: PBS has lined up a new slate of fall programming that includes Ken Burns’ and Lynn Novick’s Prohibition, along with Brian Greene‘s The Fabric of the Cosmos from Nova. This fall will also mark the first-ever PBS Arts Fall …

  This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2011 issue of TV Kids.   Last October, The Hub, a joint venture of Hasbro and Discovery Communications, took the place of Discovery Kids. Tapping into well-known properties from Hasbro’s stable of …

  This article originally appeared in the MIPTV 2011 issue of TV Europe.   Great changes are taking place in the German market, as a recovering economy is spurring digital growth and an influx of foreign cash into the pay-TV …

LOS ANGELES:GRB Entertainment has appointed Benn Watson as VP of international sales. Watson will be responsible for broadening the company’s purview in Eastern European and Asian markets. He will report to Marielle Zuccarelli, the senior VP of international distribution. Prior to joining GRB, …

LONDON: The preschool channel JimJam has snapped up Hello Kitty and Denver: The Last Dinosaur. JimJam picked up three Hello Kitty specials from Sanrio, which will begin broadcasting in the spring on the channel’s Italian feed. As part of the deal, …

LOS ANGELES/SINGAPORE: Jim Gianopulos, the chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment, will deliver the keynote address at the Film Finance Forum during the inaugural ScreenSingapore, slated to take place this June. Gianopulos’s keynote, on June 7 at the Capella Singapore Hotel …

TORONTO: Hot Docs has announced the winners of its 2011 documentary festival, with nine awards presented to Canadian and international filmmakers. The Best Canadian Feature award was presented to Family Portrait in Black and White, which is directed by Julia Ivanova …

SINGAPORE: Phnom Penh Cable Television (PPCTV) has added the Asian general-entertainment channel ONE to its lineup, now offering subscribers all five networks from SPE Networks—Asia. ONE joins AXN, AXN Beyond, Animax and Sony Entertainment Television on PPCTV in Cambodia. Offered in the basic …

ROME: The free-to-air kids’ service VTM Kzoom in Belgium is set to air the Mondo TV animated series Puppy in My Pocket starting this fall. The 52×13-minute series is targeted at kids 4 to 8, with a girl skew. The …