World Screen

TORONTO: A record-breaking number of deals were signed by Breakthrough Entertainment in the Middle East, with sales totaling more than 200 hours across an array of genres. From the children’s catalogue, Breakthrough sold Think Big and My Big Big Friend …

LONDON: MTV Networks International has sold a number of shows from the Comedy Central portfolio, including Tosh.0 and The Colbert Report, to international broadcasters. Tosh.0 was launched for international syndication at MIPTV. The show is now headed to Australia’s Foxtel, TV …

LOS ANGELES: Logo has greenlit a slate for 2011-12 that includes the new docu-reality series Sex Rx (working title), along with extending the hit franchise The A-List. Eleven new episodes, one hour each, are for The A-List, this time taking …

LOS ANGELES: NATPE will host its first ever PitchCon this June in Los Angeles, featuring a lineup of TV and digital content producers, development executives, agents, advertising and brand executives. Taking place June 9 and 10, PitchCon, formerly known as LATV Fest, will …

SCOTTSDALE: The number of Internet-connected consumer-entertainment devices shipped worldwide will rise at a compound annual growth rate of 21 percent to reach more than 3 billion by 2016, according to ABI Research. TV sets and Blu-ray players will lead this growth, ABI …

PARIS: Catherine Alvaresse has been upped to deputy general manager in charge of business and development for Europe Images International, while Bertrand Lossignol has been appointed deputy sales manager. Together with Frank Soloveicik, the CEO of Europe Images, Alvaresse will …

STOCKHOLM: On revenues that were up to SEK3.1 billion ($494.3 million), Modern Times Group’s net profit increased by 63 percent to SEK490 million ($77.5 million). “Our Q1 sales and operating profits are at record levels following 10-percent sales growth at …

LONDON: Simon Cowell will be absent from the judging panel of the upcoming season of the U.K.’s The X Factor, though he will continue to be "an enormous presence backstage." Cowell will be part of the judges on the upcoming …

LONDON: Banijay International has hired Luci Burnley as an international sales executive, with responsibility for territories such as the U.K., Australia and New Zealand. Burnley was previously the format acquisitions and sales manager at DRG, responsible for format sales in …

TORONTO: The Banff World Media Festival will honor a host of fiction and nonfiction programs at this year’s Rockies, with Matte Babel and Mike Holmes hosting the respective award ceremonies. Babel serves as a correspondent for Entertainment Tonight Canada. He …