World Screen

MUNICH, August 31: Discovery Networks International is set to launch its new free-to-air channel DMAX in Germany tomorrow (September 1), targeting male viewers aged 20 to 39. DMAX is targeting young, upscale men with a range of international and German …

BERLIN/CULVER CITY, August 31: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) announced today plans to roll out its Blu-ray Disc (BD) titles beyond North America, beginning this fall. The rollout will begin in the fall, coinciding with the first availability of Blu-ray …

PARIS, August 31: France's Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry has authorized the merger of French pay-TV platforms CanalSat and TPS. Lagardere is joining Vivendi, TF1 and M6 in the merged Canal+ France venture, taking a 20-percent stake with …

BERLIN, August 31: Just a month since entering into a VOD deal with ProSiebenSat.1 Media’s broadband platform maxdome, Sony Pictures Television International has reached a similar deal with T-Online’s VOD service in Germany. Under the terms of the deal, a …

SINGAPORE, August 31: Asia-Pacific pay-TV revenues will increase from last year’s $19.24 billion to $45.2 billion in 2012, driven in large part by the rollout of DTH platforms, according to a report from consulting company Frost & Sullivan. Satellite DTH …

ATLANTA, August 30: Peter Dougherty has been named senior VP of branding for Cartoon Network in the U.S., a newly created position at the channel. Dougherty will be responsible for the creative execution and communication of the Cartoon Network brand …

NEW YORK, August 30: AETN International has secured format options on three of its A&E original productions: God or the Girl, Confrontation and Spying on Myself. God or the Girl, where young men struggle between joining the seminary to become …

SINGAPORE, August 30: Playhouse Disney has achieved full distribution in Indonesia, securing carriage on the DTH platform Indovision as of this month. Indovision, which expects to have 200,000 subscribers by the end of this month, already carries the flagship Disney …

NEW YORK, August 30: MTV Networks’ male-targeted channel Spike TV is launching a broadband player at spiketv.com featuring a slate of original content. Among the titles launching on the service are Rattlesnake Raceway, Enduro at Erzberg and Geek-Ray-Vision. Upcoming online …

LONDON, August 30: BBC Worldwide Americas has sold a range of high-definition titles to TV Azteca in Mexico and the pan-regional Latin American network People & Arts. TV Azteca took 17 titles, for a total of 30-plus hours that will …