Top Stories

MUNICH/LONDON, September 12: The recently revamped CBBC has acquired the exclusive U.K. rights to TV-Loonland’s multiplatform CGI series The Owl. The newly rebranded CBBC channel unveiled its new look on September 3 and launched The Owl on September 4 in …

TORONTO, September 12: The Jetix programming block on Toon Disney will serve as the U.S. broadcast home for Captain Flamingo, an animated property from Breakthrough Animation aimed at kids aged 6 to 12. Jetix has licensed all 52 half hours …

TORONTO, September 12: Cuppa Coffee’s stop-motion comedy series Nerdland is the first production to be green-lit by The Detour on the TELETOON Pilot Project, which invites Canadian producers to submit pilot proposals for broadcast consideration on The Detour teen block. …

WEST PALM BEACH, September 11: ION Media Networks has secured the rights to air the NFL Game of the Week, from NFL Films, beginning September 15 at 6 p.m. NFL Game of the Week is a one-hour program showcasing the …

LONDON/SINGAPORE, September 11: Raymund Miranda has been appointed to the role of managing director of global networks for Asia at NBC Universal, effective November 1. Based in Singapore, Miranda will be responsible for launching the commercial operations for the global …

LONDON, September 11: Lynne Frank, ESPN’s current managing director for Europe, has been promoted to senior VP of ESPN International, based in London. Frank will continue to oversee ESPN’s expanded business in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. She adds …

TORONTO, September 11: John Flock has signed a new agreement that retains his current position as president of Peace Arch Entertainment Group, expands his responsibilities as the new COO and appoints him to the company’s board of directors. Since joining …

LONDON, September 11: Granada International has sold both seasons of the preschool hit Pocoyo to the U.K.’s Five for terrestrial broadcast beginning in early 2008. Co-produced with Spain’s Zinkia Entertainment, the 3-D, CGI-animated series will continue to air to digital …

BRISTOL, September 11: Tigress Productions has been commissioned by Five to produce the new factual series Nigel Marvin’s Shark Island for broadcast later this year. Nigel Marvin’s Shark Island follows the eponymous presenter and naturalist as he explores the Cocos …

NEW YORK, September 11: A new report from TNS Media Intelligence reveals that total U.S. advertising expenditures slipped in the first half of 2007 by 0.3 percent to $72.59 billion, versus the same period a year ago, with broadcast television …