World Screen

LONDON: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has formed a joint venture with the Romanian advertising sales company Cable Direct, a subsidiary of Centrade USA. SPT will have a controlling interest in Cable Direct, which now represents AXN, AXN Crime and AXN …

SINGAPORE: Fox International Channels (FIC) has repackaged STAR World, with a new look and feel to go along with its target of affluent adults ages 18 to 44. The move is part of FIC’s strategic commitment to redefining and growing the …

NEW YORK: Joel Klein, a former New York City Department of Education chancellor, has been hired by News Corporation as the executive VP of the office of the chairman, reporting to chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch. Klein will act as …

PREMIUM: Military Channel, part of the Discovery Communications portfolio, is looking for "story-based" content on the armed forces. ON THE RECORD: ROGER HENRY, VP, PROGRAMMING & DEVELOPMENT How do you schedule the channel from morning through late night, Monday through …

ATLANTA: Cartoon Network has promoted Michael Ouweleen to senior VP and group creative director for its new creative group, continuing to be based in Atlanta. The network recently reorganized its on-air and off-channel creative departments into a single combined division, …

SYDNEY: Southern Star Entertainment has been tapped by XYZnetworks’ LifeStyle YOU to produce a series of two one-hour specials, Secret Sex Lives of Australian Men and Women, to air on December 6. The docs go inside the bedrooms of real …

LOS ANGELES: A new agreement sees a range of Hasbro Studios’ series, including Transformers Prime and My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, heading to Corus Entertainment’s kids’ services, including YTV and Treehouse. The deal also covers Hasbro-produced shows such as …

SANTA MONICA: Overall attendance at the 2010 American Film Market (AFM), which wrapped today in Santa Monica, was up 6 percent on the previous year to 7,695. Company buyer attendance was up 1 percent, from 658 to 664, while buying …

MONTREAL: PHI Group and Galafilm have entered into a partnership to align their business interests and move forward on independent film, TV and new-media properties. Galafilm’s slate includes documentary specials and series, children’s and youth programming, dramas, comedies and feature …

LOS ANGELES: The U.K. indie Betty has signed a production partnership deal that will see its scripted and non-scripted formats being produced with Studio Lambert in the U.S. Betty is behind the TLC hit Freaky Eaters and currently has several …