World Screen

NEW YORK: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has re-elected Bruce Paisner as president and CEO for a fourth term.  Paisner, who has been at the helm of the International Academy since January 2004, will serve another two-year term. …

LONDON: FremantleMedia has sold the new game show 5 Against the Quizmaster to Channel Russia, scoring its first deal for the series since it launched at MIPCOM.  The show, originally acquired from i&u TV Produktion in Germany, will debut in …

LONDON: ITV1 has commissioned a one-off special starring Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole, Cheryl Cole’s Night In, from ITV Studios.  The program will feature Cole performing songs from her new album and welcoming artists who have been her musical mentors, …

PRAGUE/LONDON: MTV Networks International (MTVNI) and TV Nova have announced the programming lineup of the soon-to-launch MTV channel in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which debuts November 29 with shows such as The City and Nitro Circus. The launch will …

LOS ANGELES: Roku is opening access to its Internet set-top device to third-party content providers, adding 10 partners to its "Channel Store" this week, among them Facebook and Pandora.  The Roku Channel store now features 10 new free channels: Blip.tv, …

NEW YORK: WorldScreen.com is providing readers with an ATF preview site, ATF.WorldScreen.com, delivering a video report on the Asian television market, a feature on novelas in Asia, an article on selling into the region, interviews with MediaCorp’s Chang Long Jong and Disney-ABC’s Rob …

TV Kids talks to some of France’s leading distributors of animation. France’s animation industry remains one of the most prolific in the world, thanks in large part to the continued support for local kids’ programming by the free-to-air broadcasters. A …

In the tech-savvy, mature media market of Singapore, MediaCorp remains a dominant force. With its wide portfolio of channels, the broadcaster has been catering to the island nation’s diverse Malay, Chinese, Indian and expat communities with a mix of locally …

Marcin Oginski Head of Film Licensing & Program Sales International Relations & Trade Department How has your business been in Asia/what are your top markets in the region? For the last few years, we’ve been observing high growth of licensing …

Arturo Casares  Director of Sales, China   What have been some of Televisa’s top-selling titles in Asia? Among the top-selling titles are Dumb Girls don’t go to Heaven (format) and Dear Enemy (finished product). What are your top properties for …