World Screen

CULVER CITY: Michelle Raimo-Kouyate has been named president of production for Sony Pictures Animation, joining from DreamWorks Animation. At DreamWorks, Raimo-Kouyate was serving as an executive producer on the upcoming Shrek spinoff Puss in Boots. In the coming weeks, Raimo-Kouyate …

SYDNEY: Emma Westcott is to fill the newly created post of head of commissioning for XYZnetworks’ LifeStyle Channels. Westcott will report directly to Nicole Sheffield, the general manager. She will work closely with the programming the management team to manage …

LOS ANGELES: The longest-running comedy in TV history, The Simpsons, created by Matt Groening, has been renewed for a 23rd season by FOX, for a series total of 515 episodes. This season, Maggie goes missing, Homer becomes a premier hairdresser, …

LOS ANGELES: Among the new projects on Pop Monkey Productions’ slate is a co-production with British billionaire Alki David, with a show that follows the controversial media tycoon. Alki David’s Right Hand Man will follow the eccentric billionaire, who recently …

BURBANK: Disney Channel has ordered the live-action comedy A.N.T. Farm (working title), to begin production in early 2011. The series stars China McClain (House of Payne) as a middle-schooler who is a music prodigy and gets into an accelerated program, …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group (MTG) has struck a deal with LG Electronics in the Nordic region for its Viasat OnDemand pay-TV services to be available directly on all LG TV sets that are  enabled with NetCast functionality. The Viasat OnDemand …

NEW YORK: The U.S. Hispanic channel V-me is to become a nationally rated network of The Nielsen Company starting January 2011. The three-year-old network is now available in 10.2 million households in the U.S. The channel recently announced a new …

NEW YORK: Steve Stark, executive producer of NBC’s The Event, discusses the origins of the show and where it’s headed in this video interview.   Stark actually kept the script for its pilot in his desk drawer for more than …

UCHAREST: Severina Pascu, currently the chief financial officer of UPC Romania, will take over as managing director as of January 1, 2011, in place of Jack Mikaloff, who is retiring at the end of the year. Mikaloff become the managing director …

President, Primetime Entertainment, NBC and Universal Media Studios The veteran programming executive and producer Angela Bromstad oversees creative affairs for all scripted entertainment programming aired on NBC and produced by Universal Media Studios for NBC and other major broadcasters. Besides …