World Screen

LOS ANGELES: Emiliano Calemzuk, currently the president of Fox Television Studios (FtvS), is to join Shine Group in the newly created role of CEO for Shine Group Americas. Calemzuk will oversee all domestic operations and work to expand the company’s …

NEW YORK: Television is still the most popular platform for viewing videos, according to a recently completed a survey from Nielsen of more than 27,000 online consumers in 55 countries. Globally, 90 percent of online consumers use their home television …

LONDON: British communications regulator Ofcom has asked the Competition Commission to investigate its concerns regarding the sale and distribution of subscription movies on pay-TV platforms. Ofcom has expressed concerns that the way in which big-name movies are sold and distributed …

MUNICH: ProSiebenSat.1 Media and RTL Germany have announced plans for an Internet platform that allows public and private TV channels in Germany and Austria to put content online, where it can be streamed by users for free. The new platform …

MIAMI: Marc Zimet has been promoted to VP of music programming and talent relations for MTV Latin America and Tr3s: MTV, Música y Más in the U.S. Zimet will be responsible for developing, implementing and managing the pan-regional music strategy for …

LOS ANGELES: Toei has licensed the pay-TV, pay-per-view and DVD rights to the animated series Ghost Sweeper Mikami to Sentai Holdings for North America. Sentai picked up rights for all 45 episodes. In the series, urban development and crowding in …

LONDON: KidsCo has added some 1 million additional European homes to its reach, through new launches in Cyprus, Poland and Turkey. The channel is now launching on Multimedia Polska on VOD, Cablenet Cyprus and TTNET Turkey in August. Programming will …

  NEW YORK: Kevin MacLellan, the president of Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) and Comcast Entertainment Studios (CES), talks in this video interview about the on­going appeal of Comcast’s programming, and his plans for CES. At the start of this …

OTTAWA: The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) and the Brussels-based non-profit association Cartoon are to host Cartoon Connection Canada-EU at the Television Animation Conference (TAC), from October 18 to 20. Cartoon Connection Canada-EU will provide a forum for animation professionals …

LONDON: LIVING has made its first commission for a scripted comedy, Gayle Tuesday, an hour-long pilot produced by Black Orchid Productions. Starring Brenda Gilhooly as Gayle Tuesday, the pilot is filmed in a documentary style, following the former faux Page …