World Screen

NEW YORK: Don Ciaramella has been elevated to president of corporate communications at The Lippin Group. Ciaramella moves up from the executive VP post. In the newly created role, he will look to further the company's growth in both traditional and new media and continues to manage the company's New …

NEW YORK: Total advertising spending in the second quarter of 2013 increased 3.5 percent from the year-ago figures, finishing the period at $35.8 billion, with television experiencing overall growth of 6.4 percent, according to the latest figures from Kantar Media. Total spending for the first six months of the year …

LOS ANGELES: Gaumont International Television has a new global growth plan it is putting in place, which includes the hire of an executive VP of business operations and a promotion within the company. Katie O'Connell, the company's CEO, has renewed her contract. Sam Semon is joining GIT from FremantleMedia North …

ENCINO: This MIPCOM BoPaul Media Worldwide (BMW) plans to present a number of theatrical features produced and/or directed by Italy's Ovidio G. Assonitis, including Red Riding Hood and Beyond the Door. Red Riding Hood and Beyond the Door are horror films from 2003 and 1974, respectively. Other Assonitis movies to be presented by BMW include Tentacles (1977), The Visitor (1979) and Rollerboy (1981). There is also Curse: The Bite, Last Concert, Mad House, Choke …

UNIVERSAL CITY/LONDON: Jeff Shell, who has been serving as the chairman of NBCUniversal International, has been named chairman of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, while Kevin MacLellan steps into Shell's former role. MacLellan takes over responsibility for day-to-day operations and leads international expansion opportunities. He also now joins the executive committee …

LOS ANGELES: Esquire Network is slated to make its official debut on September 23, now replacing the Style Network instead of G4 as it was previously expected to. NBCUniversal said Monday that the channel will be replacing Style since the company has three other existing cable channels that already cater …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER: Kevin Beggs has been promoted to chairman of Lionsgate Television Group, as part of his new long-term contract with the company. Beggs will continue to oversee the development and production of all programming for platforms worldwide. He continues to report to Jon Feltheimer, Lionsgate's CEO. Beggs has been …

SILVER SPRING: D'Angela Proctor has been appointed as the senior VP of programming and production for TV One, where she is responsible for leading the network's original production team. Proctor will work under Alfred Liggins, the president and CEO of TV One. Her duties will include providing strategic direction of …

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) has secured a slot for the comedy series Seed, a Canadian original for City TV, on The CW in the U.S. Production is starting in the fall. City has ordered 13 episodes, which will be produced by Force Four Entertainment. It is about a single, …

LOS ANGELES: More than 1,000 hours from Liberation Entertainment's catalogue have been sold to Multicom Entertainment Group for global distribution. The deal, which includes OTT, pay-per-view and Internet distribution markets, involves the children's shows Peter Gunn, Mr. Lucky and The Invisible Man, as well as the cult horror films House on …