World Screen

PARIS: Elisabeth Murdoch, the chairman and CEO of the Shine Group, and Joanna Shields, the former CEO of Bebo and president of AOL’s social media and communications businesses, will deliver a joint MIP Digital Keynote on the Tuesday of MIPTV. …

HONG KONG: Senior executives from a range of channel operators and platforms are lined up to speak at the Asia Pacific Pay-TV Operators Summit (APOS) 2010, taking place in May in Bali, including Astro’s Rohana Rozhan, Austar’s John Porter and Fox International …

NEW YORK: Disney Channels Worldwide has unveiled the 2010-11 programming highlights for Disney Channel and Disney XD in a presentation to U.S. advertisers. Gary Marsh, the president of entertainment and chief creative officer at Disney Channels Worldwide, presented several new …

LONDON/BURBANK: British mobile operator 3, which launched a mobile TV SVOD service at the end of last year, is adding WarnerTV to its slate, delivering on-demand access to numerous shows from Warner Bros. Entertainment. WarnerTV—operated by Warner Bros. International Branded Services—offers 3 subscribers …

BRUSSELS/SILVER SPRING: Discovery Communications is launching the female-skewing lifestyle channel TLC globally, starting in Norway on March 4. The international version debuts in Norway on the Canal Digital, GET and Lyse platforms. To support the launch, LA Ink star Kat …

NEW YORK: The Daily Show and The Colbert Report will be removed from Hulu next week, after the video site was unable to clinch a new deal with Viacom-owned Comedy Central. The two series, among the most popular offerings on Hulu, …

NEW YORK: The Producers’ Forum is a new two-day initiative at MIPTV, organized in association with World Screen. Kicking off a series on the panelists at Producers’ Forum, David Lyle, the president of Fox Reality Channel, discusses the Entertainment Master …

NEW YORK: In this video interview, Clémence Coppey, the commissioning editor for history at France 2, talks about her approach to commissioning and the importance of finding projects that will speak to audiences of all ages.    Documentaries play a …

SYDNEY: Turner International Australia has hired Melissa Fitzgerald to serve as its sales director for Australia and New Zealand, effective April 6. Based at the company’s Sydney office, Fitzgerald will oversee the development of Turner’s advertising sales strategies for the …

TORONTO: Shaftesbury Films and Canada’s Family Channel have announced a new half-hour teen comedy series, Baxter, which will air later this year. Filming for the first 13 episodes runs until March 26. The live-action comedy follows Baxter McNab (Evan Williams, …