World Screen

MILWAUKEE: After 23 years of advertising during the Super Bowl, Pepsi is shifting its ad dollars, mostly to online, and will not take part in next year’s football event on CBS, according to local reports.  Pepsi, which has advertised during …

NEW YORK: Nancy Tellem, the president of the Network Television Entertainment Group at CBS Corporation, will transition to a new role beginning in January, as senior advisor to the CEO. Stepping back from the day-to-day affairs, Tellem will focus her …

PARIS: TF1 has been granted the exclusive broadcast rights for the matches of France’s national football team from the Federal Council of the French Football Federation (FFF) for the next four seasons.    The deal, which includes friendlies and international games, …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES: Fox is warning Time Warner Cable subscribers that they may lose access to the FOX network and its sister cable channels should negotiations with the cable platform over carriage renewal break down. Fox says it has "attempted …

NEW YORK: The Next New Creators program is designed to discover and foster talent from across the web, by pairing Next New Networks with up-and-coming independent creators. Next New Networks will partner the burgeoning creators to distribute, promote, package and monetize …

BEVERLY HILLS: Televix Entertainment has picked up the rights to the animated series Basquash! from Dentsu for Latin America.  The 26-episode series, created by Thomas Romain and Shoji Kawamori, takes place in an alternate, futuristic version of Earth, where society is split between …

LOS ANGELES: Production is under way on the new Hallmark original movie Class, which stars Jodi Lynn O’Keefe, Justin Bruening, Constance Marie and Eric Roberts.  The movie follows a well-to-do law student (Bruening, Knight Rider, General Hospital), who is given an assignment to help a disadvantaged …

SINGAPORE/LONDON: BBC Lifestyle, BBC Entertainment and CBeebies are the newest channels from BBC Worldwide to launch on Hong Kong Cable.  These three additions join BBC Knowledge and BBC World News, which are already available on Hong Kong Cable. All five …

MUNICH: Russia’s Channel One is set to air a second season of Southern Butowo, the local version of SevenOne International’s improv comedy show Schiller Street.  The show will air in its second season twice a month on Channel One, from January …

LONDON: The Sony Pictures Television (SPT) format Dragons’ Den has been licensed to the Saudi Arabian broadcaster STV1, marking the first license of an international format in the territory. The show has been licensed to Saudi TV through Creative Edge …