Joanna Padovano Tong

NEW YORK: The nominees for this year's LIMA (International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association) Licensing Awards have been unveiled, with a number of nominations going to various children's brands.

TORONTO/DUNGARVAN: The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) have kicked off a new funding incentive for the development of audiovisual projects.

LONDON: Turner Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) has elevated Tarek Mounir to VP and general manager for Turkey, the Middle East, North Africa, Greece and Cyprus.

TORONTO/SYDNEY: The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and the Australian government through Screen Australia have unveiled a financing incentive of more than C$700,000 for a trio of interactive digital media co-productions.

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK/LONDON: ESP Properties, part of WPP's GroupM, has entered into a strategic partnership with Corbis Entertainment's Branded Entertainment Network (BEN).

LOS ANGELES: Electus has revealed a number of promotions at Electus International, while also unveiling several of the company's highlights for this year's MIPTV.

LOS ANGELES: Studio71, the multichannel network of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group, has entered into a global partnership with comedy producer Just For Laughs Group to help expand its online presence.

GLENDALE: James Pitaro has been appointed chairman of Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media following the departure of co-chair Leslie Ferraro.

NEW YORK: CSI Sports's Fight Sports is becoming available on go90, Verizon's free mobile-first social entertainment platform.

LOS ANGELES: FOX Sports has snapped up the multiplatform media rights for the 2016 Copa America Centenario, an upcoming soccer tournament that is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.