Mansha Daswani

LONDON: After almost eight years at ITV, Peter Fincham is exiting his post as director of television, to be succeeded by Kevin Lygo.

Michael Grindon, the former head of international at Sony Pictures Television, tells World Screen about Legendary’s TV slate and about managing rights in the complex drama-distribution business today.

ATLANTA: Cartoon Network and the Lego Group have partnered for a new series, LEGO NEXO Knights. Debuting today at 5:30 p.m., the adventure/comedy will air on Cartoon Network globally in the weeks to come. The series is set in the …

HÖHENKIRCHEN/MUNICH: German brand management and media company m4e has appointed brand4rent as the agent for its preschool property Wissper in Russia and the CIS territories. In addition to media rights, the Moscow-based company will represent licensing and merchandising for the …

MILAN: Atlantyca Entertainment has appointed Marco Piccinini, formerly of Copyright Promotions Licensing Group (CPLG) in Italy, as licensing manager, effective immediately. Piccinini will be responsible for working with the company’s licensees to develop and coordinate exclusive multicategory merchandise and marketing …

Charting the biggest global media stories of 2015.

Buyers were most definitely spoiled for choice when it came to scripted product last year. Indeed, there were so many new titles on offer from across the globe that it was inevitable that industry watchers would start to ask when …

TORONTO: CTV has added the charity cooking-competition special MasterChef Celebrity Showdown, featuring Terry Crews and international supermodel Gigi Hadid, to its winter 2016 schedule. The first-ever MasterChef Celebrity Showdown, from One Potato Two Potato and Endemol Shine North America, is a two-hour …

MTG’s Jakob Mejlhede, FOX International Channels’ Jason Simms, Channel 5’s Katie Keenan and SVT’s Christian Wikander spoke about trends in drama, the battle for exclusive rights, the impact of OTT platforms and day-and-date premieres in conversation with World Screen’s Anna …

CANNES: World Screen’s Anna Carugati interviewed Showtime’s David Nevins and CBS Global Distribution Group’s Armando Nuñez in the Grand Auditorium at MIPCOM, where the two executives discussed the expansion of the premium channel’s brand and content across the globe. Carugati, …