World Screen

LONDON: Digital Entertainment Group Europe (DEGE), the industry trade group established to promote the region’s home-entertainment industry, has welcomed two new members: Lionsgate U.K. and ITV Studios Home Entertainment. DEGE is a non-profit organization whose members currently include Arvato Digital …

LONDON: British media regulator Ofcom has proposed a new set of measures for dealing with copyright infringement that, if approved, would come into effect early 2011. The draft code sets out how and when ISPs should notify a subscriber if …

NEW YORK: It is with great sadness that we report that Peter Keefe, 58, animation executive, creator and producer, most noted as the creative force behind the iconic children’s animated TV series Voltron, passed away on May 27. He succumbed …

NEW YORK: Neil Ross Russell, the managing director of BBC Worldwide’s children’s and licensing business, talks about his plans for the company’s stable of hit kids’ brands in this video interview.   Those in the kids’ licensing and merchandising business …

LOS ANGELES: In the first of a series of interviews with top acquisitions executives about the crop of new fall shows, World Screen speaks to Dirk Schweitzer, the executive VP of program acquisitions and sales at RTL Television, who was …

LONDON: Michael Edelstein has been appointed as president of international television production at NBC Universal International, effective immediately. In the post, Edelstein succeeds Denise O’Donoghue. Edelstein will relocate from Los Angeles to London. He will lead television production and strategic …

The Hub, a new joint-venture channel from Discovery Communications and Hasbro, recently announced its programming lineup. This service, which launches on October 10, wants to become a destination for children and their families by offering entertaining, empowering and enriching shows, …

VIENNA: A further 13 episodes of Wine Tycoon are being produced by the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) and ARD for a third season. In the new season, Thomas Stickler (Harald Krassnitzer), known as the "wine tycoon," returns to his home …

HARRINGTON PARK: Janson Media has licensed the documentary series GlobeRiders IndoChina Expedition to Red Media Group of Russia for the infotainment channel HD Life. The 6×50-minute offering takes viewers on an 8,000-mile adventure through Southeast Asia by motorcycle. The series is …

BARCELONA: Motion Pictures has closed a worldwide distribution deal with Alma Ata for the 26×26-minute series Hero Kids, targeted at 5- to- 8-year-olds. Produced by Alma Ata International Pictures with TVE, Hero Kids narrates the adventures of Igloo, Bunsen and …