World Screen

BANFF: The Rockie Award winners in the non-fiction categories were named for the 31st Banff World Television Festival and nextMEDIA. “The Rockies celebrate outstanding television programming, and in this case, exceptional non-fiction programming,” said Georges Leclere, executive producer of the …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2010 issue of World Screen.   For years, Endemol has been known primarily for its expertise in the format business. But after acquiring Southern Star International at the beginning of 2009, and a …

A broad mix of buyers—from Germany, Italy, Ireland, Mexico and the Philippines—offer up their views on the new slate of series presented by the U.S. studios. There’s a preponderance of crime-stoppers and lawyers in the new batch of broadcast and …

Earlier this month, Frances Berwick was elevated to president of Bravo Media, after having served as the executive VP and general manager since January 2008. Under Berwick’s oversight, Bravo ramped up its original programming by 33 percent, and has achieved …

As Licensing Show kicks off in Las Vegas, TV Kids Weekly explores key trends in the kids’ merchandising sector. Against the backdrop of the heavy losses incurred by the advertising market in 2008 and 2009, the toy business held up …

TORONTO: EBTV, the newly announced banner under which Brightlight Pictures and Essential Pictures are working together, has selected Diane Boehme as its executive VP of television. Boehme will be based in a newly established Toronto office. Her remit will focus …

LONDON: The start-up movie-on-demand site indiemoviesonline.com has acquired more than 50 new films for its library, bringing its total content offering to 500-plus titles.  Launched in June 2009, indiemoviesonline.com is an ad-supported VOD site that offers free independent films and …

BANFF: The Canadian distributor kelencontent has closed three deals for factual entertainment series from its catalogue, with sales to ION Life in the U.S., Denmark’s DRTV and Sweden’s TV4.  ION Life went for the tech-savvy series Gadget Girlz, which features …

WEST PALM BEACH: ION Television has acquired all seven seasons of the Jerry Bruckheimer crime drama Without a Trace from Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. The series, about an FBI task force that tracks down missing persons, aired on CBS until its cancellation last …

NASHVILLE: The Documentary Channel (DOC) has added four films to its Monday Primetime Premieres lineup for July: Gamers, Air Racer: Chasing the Dream, Crossover: A Worldwide Basketball Odyssey and JUMP! On July 5, Gamers looks at the often bizarre lifestyles …