World Screen

LOS ANGELES/AMSTERDAM/LONDON: Cris Abrego, the CEO of 51 Minds, and Charlie Corwin, the CEO of Original Media, have become the co-chairmen and co-CEOs of Endemol North America. Their shared remits will cover all of Endemol’s North American operations, including Endemol USA companies Authentic Entertainment, Endemol Studios, 51 Minds, Original Media …

CANNES/LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) has sold the U.S. broadcast rights for the half-hour comedy Welcome to Sweden, executive produced by siblings Amy and Greg Poehler, to NBC. The comedy was originally commissioned by Sweden's TV4 as its first-ever English-language series. The fish-out-of-water series was filmed in Sweden, New York …

ZURICH: The VOD service Viewster has entered into a content licensing pact with FremantleMedia International, bringing shows such as Merlin, That Mitchell and Webb Look, Pulling and Satisfaction to its users in the U.S. The free VOD portal picked up more than 110 hours. Other titles include Peep Show and …

CANNES: Following on the heels of a deal with CBS for Little Mom, Dori Media Group has sold its Magic Malabi Express format to FOX as a Twentieth Century Fox pilot production. The road trip comedy format is based on a successful book by Miki Geva. The show was originally …

PHILADELPHIA/SAN FRANCISCO: Comcast Corporation and NBCUniversal have entered into a partnership with Twitter to more directly connect the micro-blogging site's users with their favorite TV shows. Comcast engineers have created a new "See It" feature, which gives Xfinity TV customers the ability to instantly access TV shows, movies and sports …

PALM BEACH GARDENS: The PGA of America and NBC Sports Group have entered into a landmark deal to raise the profile of the Ryder Cup, the Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid and PGA Professionals across the networks of NBC and Golf Channel beginning in 2015. The partnership, which extends …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Communications has elevated Kevin Bennett to general manager of Investigation Discovery (ID) and Military Channel and executive VP of programming for ID, Military Channel and Destination America. In his new roles, which are effective immediately, Bennett will continue to work under Henry Schleiff, the group president of …

NEW YORK: Comedy Central has changed its internal structure to eliminate the divide between linear and digital. David Bernath, the executive VP of programming and multiplatform strategy, now leads all programming for the brand. Walter Levitt, the chief marketing officer, is responsible for Comedy Central's fan outreach across all platforms. …

LOS ANGELES: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have signed on as hosts of the Golden Globes for the next two years. The pair received much praise for their turn as hosts of the 2013 Globes. They will be back for the awards show in January, and also are on board …

MANHATTAN BEACH: Brant Pinvidic has been elevated to president of Eyeworks USA, where he has been serving as executive VP of development since 2009. Concurrently, Eyeworks USA has established a new board of directors, comprised of JD Roth and Todd Nelson (the CEOs of Eyeworks USA), Pinvidic and Ross Weintraub, …