World Screen

PARIS: Moonscoop has secured a number of agreements, spanning TV, home video and merchandising, for its 2D animated series Tara Duncan. Universal Pictures France scooped up the home-video rights for the show. Moonscoop signed broadcast deals for the series with …

TORONTO: 9 Story Entertainment has licensed the German rights to its new animated comedy series Almost Naked Animals to SUPER RTL. The broadcaster has taken all television rights, including pay, free and cable, for Germany and German-speaking Europe. The 52×11-minute series …

BURBANK: Adam Sanderson is taking on an expanded role in the newly created post of senior VP for franchise management at the Disney/ABC Television Group (DATG). Currently the senior VP of brand marketing at Disney Channels Worldwide, Sanderson will now …

NEW YORK: Comedy Central has ordered Sports Show with Norm Macdonald, featuring the former SNL cast member giving a comedic take on topical sports stories, for an eight-episode run. The new series, to be taped in front of a live …

LONDON: A number of broadcasters are slated to air the Orange British Academy Film Awards, with deals secured by Fireworks International through its recently announced representation agreement with the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Set to take place …

LONDON/OTTAWA: Amberwood Entertainment’s preschool show Rob the Robot has been sold by Entertainment One (eOne) Family into Norway, France and Korea. The Singaporean/Canadian co-pro, produced in 3D CGI, is headed to NRK in Norway, EBS in Korea and Tiji in France …

MUNICH: SevenOne International has scored a pickup for the game show My Man Can from Ukraine’s 1+1, which will launch a local version on February 13. The show will be produced in Russian as well as in Ukrainian, depending on …

LOS ANGELES: Martin Breidsprecher has been upped to CEO of Azteca America, replacing Adrian Steckel, who left the U.S. Hispanic network to become CEO of Mexican telco Grupo Iusacell. Breidsprecher has been with Azteca America since 2007, first as director of …

TORONTO: Brenda Nietupski, a former director of programming at Treehouse and Discovery Kids Canada, has set up a venture for producing kids’ programming, with Josh Selig holding a stake in the new company. Nietupski will lead Little Tugboat as president. …

LONDON: The new TeenNick dramedy Gigantic has been sold into Brazil and Canada by MTV Networks International (MTVNI), which also notched up sales from its scripted reality genre and tween catalogue. The 18-episode series debuted in the U.S. in April …