World Screen

LONDON, August 17: UKTV Style has inked a deal with the BBC and Haymarket Exhibitions to relaunch The Clothes Show two decades since it first aired on the British pubcaster. The channel has commissioned Shine Limited, in association with Giant …

PALO ALTO, August 17: A slate of programs from National Geographic are now available on a download-to-rent basis on the Open Media Network. OMN boasts sharp DVD-quality video and speedy downloads. It has secured the Nat Geo titles via a …

MIAMI, August 17: On August 26, Telemundo will launch the new youth competition Quinceañera for talented 15-year-old girls. The show gives a young girl a chance celebrate her 15th birthday with an unforgettable party, and grooms her to become an …

MUNICH, August 17: ProSiebenSat.1 Group’s international channel, ProSiebenSat.1 Welt, is expanding its soccer programming and has picked up the North American pay-TV rights to Bundesliga matches. ProSiebenSat.1 Welt acquired the Bundesliga rights from sportsman media group, which markets the international …

BURBANK, August 17: The Jetix programming block on Toon Disney in the U.S. is set to launch the new original series Yin Yang Yo! with a marathon on September 4. The 18-hour programming event will run from 6 a.m. to …

NEW YORK, August 17: The New York Television Festival kicks off September 12 with a premiere of Kidnapped, Sony Pictures Television’s buzzed-about series for NBC that makes its broadcast premiere on September 20 at 10 p.m. The show, set and …

NEW YORK, August 17: The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric will become the first network evening news broadcast to be simulcast live on the Internet when it launches September 5 at 6:30 p.m. In addition, the broadcast will be …

LONDON, August 17: Shares in British cable company NTL were up today on press reports of a potential £10 billion takeover bid by a consortium of private equity firms. According to Reuters, the group is led by Providence Equity with …

NEW YORK, August 17: Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who embarked on an aggressive mission to restructure Time Warner early this year, is forming a new fund for the sole purpose of investing in the media conglomerate, according to the New …

EMERYVILLE, August 16: MobiTV has appointed Kay Johansson as chief technology officer for the company, which provides television and digital radio services for cellular, WiFi and broadband-enabled devices and personal computers. Johansson will oversee the creation, development and deployment of …