World Screen

MAINZ: Eva Reifferscheid is joining the acquisitions team of ZDF Enterprises, where she will be responsible for picking up feature films and series. Reifferscheid has been working for the Mainz media corporation for five years, most recently heading up the …

NEW YORK: Comedy Central has given the greenlight to 26 new episodes of Twentieth Century Fox Television’s Futurama, created by Matt Groening, after resurrecting the show last year. The first installment of 13 new episodes will premiere in the summer of …

LONDON: A host of new game-show and reality formats are going to be on offer from Sony Pictures Television’s 2waytraffic at MIPTV, alongside a slate of classic hits. Cover Me is a weekly music-based entertainment show that has been a …

LONDON: NBCUniversal has announced its new international leadership structure under Jeff Shell, with Kevin MacLellan tapped as president of international television, with oversight for sales, channels and production. Shell, president of NBCUniversal International, announced the new London-based leadership team today. …

TORONTO: This year’s Banff World Media Festival will feature an exclusive summit, organized in conjunction with The Paley Center for Media, bringing together senior executives from the global entertainment, media, technology, communications and advertising industries. The Summit at Banff, on …

LOS ANGELES: Starz Worldwide Distribution is to offer the satirical news show Onion News Network for international broadcasters at MIPTV, expanding its slate of IFC comedies. Based on the successful newspaper The Onion, known for its pointed satire, the show launched …

MIAMI: Univision Communications has tapped Germán Pérez-Nahim as senior VP and operating manager of TeleFutura, following his stint as VP of Univision Studios. Pérez-Nahim, who was general manager and programming VP at Venezuela’s Televen prior to joining the U.S. Hispanic …

NEW YORK: TV Listings, the ultimate programming resource for buyers, is now available as a digital edition, which is easy to print and take with you as you head to MIPTV. This resource provides information on thousands of programs from …

MINNEAPOLIS: Princ Films has more than 100 titles to present at this year’s MIPTV, spanning TV movies, documentaries and series. From the film slate comes The 7th Hunt, as well as Four Stories of St. Julian, a thriller inspired by …

LONDON: ALL3MEDIA International has licensed more than 50 episodes of its hit factual-entertainment series Border Patrol, produced for TVNZ, to TV Norge. The Norwegian broadcaster has taken all five seasons (55 half-hour episodes) of the Cream Media production, which also recently …