Sextant goes international

MIPCOM 2000 will see the launch of Sextant Entertainment Group’s new international division, to be headed by former cbc international sales exec Thomas Howe. The foreign sales division is one of five ‘stand-alone’ divisions at Vancouver-based Sextant. Key titles on offer on the Croisette in October will include 13 half-hours of The Rumfords, an animated/live-action show coproduced by Paxson and AGE Productions; Micronauts, a Sextant/age production of 26 half-hours of computer animation for ‘tweens; and Aaagh! It’s the Mr. Hell Show, 13 half-hours of primetime variety for just about any audience. Mr. Hell is coproduced with Peafur Productions. *