World Screen

BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT: Effective October 1, Benoît Louvet is to take on the role of executive VP of acquisitions and distribution at the TF1 group. Louvet is responsible for acquiring and managing the inventories for films, series and youth programming for the …

LONDON: David Jullien has been named director of business development for gaming at Endemol Worldwide Brands, which has also appointed regional directors in key markets around the world. In his new role, Jullien will be responsible for launch new games …

LONDON: The BBC Trust has proposed to the government that the license fee should remain at its current level, £145.50, for the next two years, resulting in an estimated £144 million deduction from planned BBC budgets. Under the terms of the …

SHANGHAI: Advertising spending in China is expected to reach $44.9 billion this year, up 16 percent from 2009, according to a new forecast from GroupM. GroupM also predicts that ad spending in China will reach $49.6 billion in 2011, an …

After reaching extraordinary levels of success at Endemol, a company he founded with Joop van den Ende and other investors in 1994, John de Mol found himself in an executive position he didn’t quite cherish. In his heart he is …

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant were complete nobodies when they walked into the BBC and pitched their idea for a mock documentary about a workplace. The Office premiered in July of 2001 and is considered one of the most perfectly …

MIAMI: Telemundo Internacional’s telenovela The Clone has secured a 5 p.m. time slot on TVE in Spain. The telenovela debuts today in Spain. It stars Sandra Echeverria and Mauricio Ochmann. The Clone is currently airing in a number of other …

OTTAWA: Rob the Robot, co-produced by Amberwood Entertainment and Singapore’s ONE Animation, has been renewed for a second season of 52 episodes by Canada’s TVO and SRC. The first season of 52 11-minute episodes will air weekdays at 8:30 a.m. and …

LOS ANGELES: Playboy TV International has signed an exclusive deal with Chunghwa Telecom MOD to launch Playboy TV and Playboy HD VOD programming in Taiwan. The Playboy TV channel will air commercial free in English with Chinese subtitled characters starting …

NEW YORK: Nickelodeon, as part of its commitment to encouraging active, healthy lifestyles for children, is again turning off its TV channels and websites during its Worldwide Day of Play, on September 25. This is the seventh straight year that …