World Screen

BURBANK: An administrative assistant at The Walt Disney Company has been arrested for attempting to sell insider information about the firm, including alleging that ABC is up for sale—claims that Disney has said "were and are false." Bonnie Hoxie and her …

NEW YORK: Izzet Pinto, the CEO of Global Agency, discusses the company’s growth path—as its catalogue is expanding beyond formats into telenovelas and feature films—among other topics, in this video interview. The presence of a bevy of beautiful models sporting …

BURBANK: Lisa Gregorian is adding chief marketing officer to her current role at Warner Bros. Television Group. Gregorian will now serve as executive VP and chief marketing officer at Warner Bros. Television Group. Her role includes overseeing the marketing team and …

SAN DIEGO: At the upcoming Licensing International Expo in Las Vegas, held June 8 to 10, Suzy’s Zoo Studios will be in attendance to meet with potential licensees for the Suzy’s Zoo brand across all categories. Suzy’s Zoo Studios, creators …

TORONTO: Discovery Studios’ footage and music services division has tapped ole to handle its music publishing administration in Canada. Discovery Studios Music Services will be working with ole to maximize revenues from its music publishing catalogue. "ole was a great …

SANTA MONICA: Brandy & Ray J: A Family Business, Basketball Wives and What Chilli Wants have all been picked up for second seasons by VH1. The first-season finales of Basketball Wives and What Chilli Wants air on May 30 at …

BURBANK: Copyright Promotions Licensing Group (CPLG), the licensing arm of Cookie Jar, has properties spanning a range of age groups to present at the Licensing Show. For the preschool set there are Richard Scarry’s Busytown and Caillou. More than 150 …

SILVER SPRING: Simon Andreae has been named senior VP of development and production for Discovery Channel, based in the Los Angeles office, effective June 1. Most recently co-president of The Incubator—the venture behind In the Womb and Through the Wormhole with …

BOSTON: PBS International has taken on the worldwide distribution rights to the four-part series Faces of America, which looks at the family histories of 12 noted Americans, including Meryl Streep and Yo-Yo Ma. Presented by Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., …

NEW YORK/MIAMI: HIT Entertainment is rolling out a new branded block of preschool programming on free TV across Latin America, in partnership with Albavision, which operates a network of stations in Central and South America. The 90-minute block has already premiered in Chile, …