World Screen

In the spring of 2008, Dawn Airey surprised the British media industry by quitting her job as managing director of global content at ITV and returning to Five, the channel she had helped launch in 1997, as chair and chief …

Among a variety of other initiatives, the Natural History Unit of Africa commissions, co-produces and distributes wildlife documentaries for the international market. Created to unite and promote the wildlife and natural-history filmmaking community in South Africa, the Natural History Unit …

LOS ANGELES: The Walt Disney Company has invested $2.5 million in Stan Lee’s POW! (Purveyors of Wonder) Entertainment for a 10-percent stake. POW! has had first-look deal with Walt Disney Studios since 2007. “Enhancing our relationship with one of the world’s most creative …

It’s no secret that kids today are viewing content more and more from their computer screen or via the web through mobile devices, and this is why PBS KIDS is keen on building out its exclusive online programming. There are …

LOS ANGELES: Shine International has inked a distribution deal with High Noon Entertainment for the 8×30-minute series Secrets of Aspen, which premiered on VH1 on January 3.  Secrets of Aspen is High Noon’s second show for VH1, following the hit …

LOS ANGELES: Following a fierce dispute over carriage fees, Time Warner Cable and Fox Networks Group this weekend signed a new deal to deliver the flagship FOX network, as well as Fox Soccer Channel and FX, among other channels, to …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A number of public interest groups in the U.S. are calling on the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department to investigate the TV Everywhere initiative, which will allow online access to several channels for pay-TV subscribers.  Last …

BURBANK: The Walt Disney Company last week completed its $4.3 billion acquisition of Marvel Entertainment, which was first announced at the end of August 2009. Robert A. Iger, the president and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, commented: “We believe the …

ENGLEWOOD: Greg Maffei will remain as the president and CEO of Liberty Media for another five years, through 2014. At the end of last year, the company’s board of directors approved a new employment arrangement with Maffei. Announcing the new …

KNOXVILLE/BETHPAGE: Scripps Networks Interactive has pulled HGTV and Food Network from Cablevision, alleging that the cable operator has refused to "discuss a fair market price" for carriage of the two lifestyle channels. The two channels ceased to be available on …