World Screen

HONG KONG: New legislation for the Singaporean pay-TV industry is putting the market’s status as a key regional media hub under threat, according to the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA). The island nation recently announced new rules that …

LOS ANGELES: Saban Capital Group has acquired the Power Rangers brand from The Walt Disney Company and has clinched a deal for Nickelodeon and Nicktoons to become the new U.S. homes for the show, with a 20-episode 18th season slated to …

NEW YORK: While the international television business lived through one of worst economic and advertising downturns on record, CBS Studios International witnessed very brisk business during 2009, as Armando Nuñez, Jr. explains in this video interview.   CBS Studios International witnessed very …

LOS ANGELES: Comcast’s Brian Roberts, Time Warner’s Jeff Bewkes and CBS Corporation’s Les Moonves were among the panelists discussing new-media business models and content creation for devices such as the iPad in a Cable Show session yesterday afternoon. Roberts, chairman …

BURBANK: Warner Bros. International Television Distribution has upped Ted Lai to the newly created role of senior VP of TV distribution for China and Korea and business development for Asia. Lai’s expanded remit includes day-to-day supervision of Warner-branded VOD services in …

LONDON/STOCKHOLM: Anna Carrfors Bråkenhielm is stepping down as CEO of the ITV Studios-owned Scandinavian production company Silverback. Veronica Sudin, currently COO, will assume the role of interim managing director, while Bråkenhielm will remain in an advisory capacity, ITV Studios said in a statement. …

NEW YORK: Media Entertainment Group’s Peter Greén and Sarah Coursey talk about how they are positioning the recently launched MEG Formats division on the international market in this video interview.   At the end of 2009, Media Entertainment Group (MEG) expanded its …

SANTA MONICA: The original British version of Queer as Folk makes its U.S. premiere on Ovation next month, kicking off the cable network’s “Art Out Loud" programming strand. Beginning June 20 at 7 p.m., “Art Out Loud" explores the influence of …

LOS ANGELES: Castalia Communications has signed a deal to distribute the Peruvian channel Perú Mágico—operated by Telefónica’s Media Networks Latin America—in the U.S. and North America. The channel is made up of programming from three of Peru’s leading pay-TV services—Plus TV, …

BANFF/BOSTON: Paula A. Kerger, the president and CEO of PBS, will deliver the CBC Opening Keynote at the Banff World Television Festival on June 14. In the opening presentation that kicks off the festival (which runs June 13 to 16), Kerger will …