World Screen

  This article originally appeared in the MIPTV 2010 issue of TV Kids.   Digital animation and 3-D just seem to go together. First, if you happen to be among the millions who donned 3-D glasses for a screening of …

TORONTO: Nelvana Enterprises has hired Nina Koch as its sales representative for Eastern Europe and Germany. Koch is taking over for J.J. Breijinck, who will help transition her into the role until exiting on September 30. Koch most recently worked …

LONDON: Consumers in the U.K. who already own a high-definition television set are twice as likely to purchase a 3D TV within the next year, according to a survey from analyst firm Strategy Analytics. Around 13 percent of HDTV owners …

BURBANK: Time Warner Cable and Disney/ABC Television Group have reached an agreement that will keep such channels as ABC, ESPN and Disney on the cable platform, along with supplying a range of new content to subscribers. Time Warner Cable and …

MEXICO CITY: TV Azteca’s hit reality show The Academy is headed back to Azteca International on September 12, but this season will celebrate the bicentenary by featuring participants from Latin American countries such as Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Venezuela. To …

MIAMI: The Television Nacional de Chile series Where Is Elisa?, part of the Telemundo Internacional catalogue, takes on a 5 p.m. time slot in Canada on Telelatino as of September 4. Telemundo Internacional has sold the format into numerous territories, …

PARIS: PGS Entertainment has already notched up presales on Studio Hari’s The Gees, which will receive the official launch for its first episodes at MIPCOM. The 52×3-minute CGI series has been prebought by Gulli in France, DR Denmark, SVT Sweden, …

SANTA MONICA: GSN (Game Show Network) is now represented by International Broadcast Communications (IBC), and will head to MIPCOM with a slate of game shows and formats to offer the international market. “Game shows and competition entertainment truly transcend borders,” …

HONG KONG: The series Black Gold is to make its debut on truTV in Asia on September 4. Black Gold joins truTV Asia’s existing lineup of edge-of-you-set actuality programming, which also includes The Smoking Gun Presents, The Principal’s Office, Speeders …

KUALA LUMPUR: Fox International Channels (FIC) has firmed up a carriage deal with Astro to bring Nat Geo Wild to Malaysia. The channel will feature programming in Bahasa Malaysia as the default language, with two other optional audios in English …