World Screen

TORONTO: Mike Lolato is to join Canamedia, which was recently acquired by Distribution Access, as managing director of worldwide broadcast sales. Lolato will join Andrea Stokes, the international sales and acquisitions manager, at MIPCOM to promote Canamedia’s new lineup and …

NEW YORK: The 4Kids Entertainment subsidiary 4sight Licensing Solutions has closed a deal with Atlas Wallcoverings for the production and sale of wall murals with imagery from Pachanga by Belén Mena. Pachanga by Belén Mena is a distinctive collection of …

LONDON: The MIPCOM slate from Endemol features a number of new hybrid formats that cross programming genres and media platforms, headlined by the multiplatform hit The Money Drop. The Money Drop is a TV game show that can simultaneously played …

TORONTO: The Dating Guy is a new animated comedy series that is set to launch October 17 during TELETOON At Night, the Canadian channel’s post-9 p.m. time slot geared toward young adults. The 26×30-minute series features the voice of a …

NEW YORK: First introduced at MIPTV, the Producers’ Forum, organized in association with World Screen, will again deliver a slate of conferences and matchmaking events highlighting new financing and co-production models. The Producers’ Forum, on October 4, kicks off with …

NORTH HOLLYWOOD: Five-year-old The Africa Channel is looking to add children’s content to its grid and is eyeing HD programming. Executive VP and general manager Bob Reid talks about where the channel is headed. What is your approach to programming …

MIAMI: Telemundo Internacional has scored a multi-territory deal on its novela Where is Elisa? that will see it being adapted across Europe. Previously versioned in Argentina and Brazil, the show originally hails from TVN Chile. It was formatted in the U.S. …

NEW YORK: Jeff Zucker has said he will step down as chief executive of NBC Universal following the company’s merger with Comcast Corporation. The Comcast takeover of NBCU is likely to be complete by year-end, once regulatory approvals are in place. Zucker …

Anne de Kerckhove is the director of the entertainment division at Reed MIDEM. The world of entertainment is changing at a pace never seen before. This is a crossroads year: as we take apart old business models and recover from …

NEW YORK: The Hindi-language general-entertainment network Star India Plus is joining Verizon FiOS’s lineup of international channels. The channel will be included in the South Asian (Hindi) package, consisting of Zee TV, TV Asia and SET Asia, which costs $34.99 …