World Screen

PARIS: Edgar Bronfman Jr. and Jean-Marie Messier have received suspended sentences and fines by a Paris court, which convicted them on criminal charges for insider trading and misleading investors when they were running Vivendi. Messier received a 150,000 euros fine …

  This article originally appeared in the NATPE 2011 of TV Kids. Slowly but surely, it appears that the children’s television business is pulling out of the recession. Channels are starting to commission again, and as distributors witnessed at a …

MEXICO CITY: TV Azteca’s drama series format Men Wanted (Se Busca un Hombre) has been adapted and produced for a debut a Dubai and 14 countries across the Middle East. The Arabic version of Men Wanted premiered on January 15 …

MEXICO CITY: Comarex and Telcast Media Group have teamed up to offer Telecast 3-D, an integrated marketing and program concept that delivers viewers the experience of 3D. The Telecast 3-D concept ranges from offering 3D glasses, revenue-boosting 3D programming and …

BURBANK: Angela Bromstad has said that she will step down as president of prime-time entertainment at NBC and Universal Media Studios. The news comes just a few days after Comcast received regulatory approval for its deal to buy 51-percent of …

LONDON: Classic Media has received a commitment from CBeebies for the popular preschool series Postman Pat through 2015. This year marks the 30th anniversary of Postman Pat and the series’ long-standing broadcast partnership with the BBC. The BBC has re-licensed …

NEW YORK: Beginning January 30, the female-skewing Spanish lifestyle network Cosmopolitan Television Iberia will be available in HD on Digital+. Hearst Entertainment & Syndication’s Cosmopolitan Television Iberia has been operational in Spain since 2000. It reaches about 3 million homes. The Cosmopolitan …

LONDON: Ludorum and RTL Group have secured a multi-rights agreement on the hit preschool series Chuggington, which will now be airing in the Netherlands on the children’s block Telekids. The hit show makes its debut on the new RTL block …

LONDON: The first round of international deals has been secured by ALL3MEDIA International for the new crime drama Accused, from Jimmy McGovern’s RSJ Films. The 6×1-hour series recently aired on BBC One in the U.K. The drama is now headed throughout …

SYDNEY: A raft of ten new short-form series from Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) are to be aired on Cartoon Network in Australia, New Zealand and Asia. Titles include Dukes of Broxstonia, Monster Chef, Black Night White Witch, Desdemona, Horace …