World Screen

TORONTO: CBC English Services has named Jeffrey L. Orridge as executive director of sports properties for CBC Sports, effective April 4. Orridge will join CBC from Toronto’s Right to Play International, where he was COO and head of global business …

JOHANNESBURG: FX has launched in Kenya on Zuku TV, with plans to expand its reach to several other African nations this year. FX started broadcasting in sub-Saharan Africa on toptv last May. The channel has aired the likes of the …

ATLANTA: Cartoon Network has commissioned new episodes of the game show Hole in the Wall and live-action series Dude, What Would Happen, as well as a third season of Destroy Build Destroy. In Hole in the Wall, which is hosted by …

NEW YORK: The summer schedule of ABC Family has been expanded to feature three nights of original programming, with a full slate that includes four new series, three returning hits as well as original and acquired movies. Among the originals slated …

LOS ANGELES: The keynote address at the 2011 PromaxBDA conference, taking place June 28 to 30 in New York City, will be delivered by Al Gore, former U.S. VP and chairman and co-founder of Current Media. Gore founded Current Media …

LONDON: Dish Network is launching BabyTV in Mandarin and will include the channel in its Chinese Basic Pack. The preschool channel, which is already offered in English and Spanish on the U.S. pay-TV platform, features short-form episodes to encourage early …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2010 issue of TV Kids.   After securing a foothold in the preschool market, Cyber Group Studios has begun to diversify its portfolio. It not only wants to target a slightly older audience, …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2010 issue of TV Asia Pacific.   It’s no secret that Japan’s economy took a battering during the global downturn, with media outlets experiencing heavy losses in ad revenues. For the territory’s leading …

LONDON/MOSCOW: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has inked a deal with Russian TV network TNT for 250 hours of Nickelodeon’s animated and live-action programming, along with securing a number of new consumer product deals. Beefing up its kids, teens and tweens …

SÃO PAULO: TV Global Internacional and PFC are getting expanded distribution in the U.S. through Bright House Network, part of the Time Warner Cable group. Bright House Network, which used to air the channels’ programming in Tampa Bay, will also broadcast …