World Screen

BUDAPEST: The 18th edition of DISCOP East got under way today in Budapest, with some 700 buyers registered to attend and nearly 500 sellers, according to the event’s organizers, Basic Lead. “Most of our clients who are here today are …

NEW YORK: Gene McCarthy takes on the role of senior VP of reality and alternative programming for Lifetime Networks as of July 6.  McCarthy will direct Lifetime’s reality and alternative programming team, with oversight for the company’s strategy and implementation …

SINGAPORE: HBO Asia has promoted Magdalene Ew to senior VP of marketing, content and creative services, upped from her role as VP of marketing and creative.  Ew is responsible for the oversight of the content acquisition and inventory operations departments. She …

TORONTO: Less Than Kind, the HBO Canada series produced by Breakthrough Films & Television and Buffalo Gal Pictures, scored seven nominations for the Canadian Comedy Awards, while Kenny vs Spenny, produced by Breakthrough with E1 Entertainment and Showcase, received two.  …

MIAMI: Televisora Nacional (TVN) in Panama has signed up to produce and broadcast the game-show format Battle of the Sexes (Guerra de los sexos) from Venevision International.  The game show is an original concept from the Venezuelan TV channel Venevision. The …

TORONTO: The digital specialty service One: The Mind, Body & Spirit channel has slated the broadcast of a series of interstitial segments celebrating Canada’s South Asian community.  The two-minute Spirit of South Asia interstitials are being produced by Sixteen Films Limited and …

 BUDAPEST: Globo TV International has sold its International Emmy Award-winning telenovela India: A Love Story to TV3 in Latvia.  The novela officially launched on the international market in January and has already sold to some 120 countries. The story tells …

NEW YORK: Pierre Belaïsch, the managing director of programming and networks at Lagardère Active, discusses the strengths of CANAL J, Tiji and Gulli in this video interview.   In 1985, CANAL J launched as the first kids’ channel in France’s nascent …

ESPOO: More than a year since first announcing their partnership to develop programming for the Ovi platform, Tim Kring and Nokia have unveiled Conspiracy For Good, featuring narrative storytelling, interactive gaming and more to encourage social change. The project is …

DALLAS: Tennis Channel has been added to the lineup of AT&T U-verse, with plans for expanded distribution across a number of other AT&T services.  The 24-hour network, fully dedicated to the professional sport and tennis lifestyle, is available on channel …