World Screen

NEW YORK: TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design), the non-profit organization that runs the acclaimed TED Conferences to showcase the world’s leading thinkers, has opened up its vault of TEDTalks, featuring 18-minute speeches from, among others, former U.S. VP Al Gore and J.J. Abrams, to broadcasters …

LOS ANGELES: Ryan Kavanaugh’s Relativity Media is partnering with Fuse Capital and Keyur Patel to set up an Indian production and distribution company. The Mumbai-based Relativity Media India (RMI) will handle distribution for all future Relativity Media pictures for India and …

NEW YORK: In this video interview, Remy Blumenfeld, the director of formats at ITV Studios, expresses high hopes for a new format, Coach Trip, as well as ITV’s new partnership with Hunan TV in China. ITV Studios has increased its portfolio …

NEW YORK: Spain has been added to the list of European networks airing the animated series Dinosaur King, while 4Kids Entertainment struck a further deal for the second season of the show to launch in the U.K. Turner Spain signed …

CAPE TOWN: Vyv Simson, former executive producer for Animal Planet at Discovery Networks Europe, has been hired to fill the new role of creative director and commissioning editor at NHU Africa. Simson is relocating to South Africa for his new …

HAMILTON: Releasing its first-quarter results today—with revenues up 5 percent to $143.6 million but a wider net loss of $42.3 million—Central European Media Enterprises (CME) is expecting a better second half, forecasting single-digit ad growth in the region. Announcing the …

TORONTO: Shaftesbury Films has expanded its senior management team with the addition of two new roles, hiring former Discovery Networks International executive Katherine Wolfgang and former CCI Entertainment exec Gord McIlquham to fill the newly created posts. Wolfgang is to …

LONDON: Universal Networks International (UNI) has introduced a new look, along with other enhanced elements, for its flagship entertainment offering Universal Channel in Russia, the Baltics and CIS as well as in Poland and Romania. The refresh is part of …

CINCINNATI/MUMBAI: NDTV Group and Scripps Networks Interactive have called off a deal that would have given the U.S.-based channels operator a majority interest in the English-language Indian lifestyle channel NDTV Good Times. The deal would have seen Scripps taking a 69-percent stake …

NEW YORK: Driven in part by the success of Avatar, News Corporation beat analysts’ estimates with its third-quarter results, delivering total revenues of $8.8 billion, a 19-percent gain, and a net income of $839 million. The company reported total segment operating …