World Screen

TORONTO: Shaftesbury Films’ one-hour drama The Listener has been renewed for a second season by SPACE, CTV and Fox International Channels (FIC).  International sales for The Listener are handled by Shine International. The show stars Craig Olejnik as Toby Logan, a telepathic paramedic. His sole …

LOS GATOS: Netflix members can now instantly watch thousands of movies and TV shows directly on Internet-enabled Sony BRAVIA sets and Blu-ray disc player. Through a previously signed partnership, Netflix’s 12,000-title catalogue is available through Sony BRAVIA Internet Video-capable HDTVs, …

NEW YORK: The exclusive U.S. broadcast rights for This Is It, a tribute to Michael Jackson’s life and career that features behind-the-scenes footage of the King of Pop during concert rehearsals, have been awarded to MTV Networks.  The Sony Pictures Television film …

HONG KONG: Coverage of the Barclays Premier League in Hong Kong is returning to cable platform i-CABLE beginning in the 2010/2011 season after three years on PCCW’s IPTV platform now TV. In a brief statement, i-CABLE said the three-year deal …

HYDERABAD: DQ Entertainment International (DQE) has struck a deal for its new 3-D series The Jungle Book to air on Disney channels in 29 countries across the Indian Sub-Continent and Southeast Asia. The deal provides the exclusive broadcast rights for …

  This article originally appeared in the MIPCOM ’09 issue.   Since launching in 1996 with just over 20 channels, Malaysia’s Astro has become one of Asia’s leading pay-TV platforms. With an exclusive 20-year license for satellite DTH transmission, Astro’s …

A firm fixture in the kids’ market with international hits like Life with Derek, Canada’s Shaftesbury Films has been rapidly raising its profile as a producer of prime-time series for the global market. Its recent productions include Murdoch Mysteries—renewed for …

BURBANK: Michael Puopolo has been appointed to the newly created position of VP of research at Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD). Puopolo will lead the worldwide research activities for WBITD and will also provide research counsel to Warner Bros. International …

December 2-4 Suntec, Singapore The Asia TV Forum is celebrating its tenth edition in Singapore this year. The market first took place in 2000, in the wake of MIPAsia’s last edition in Hong Kong in 1999, providing a venue for …

WEST PALM BEACH: ION Television Network has slated a Feastwood film event, featuring movies that star Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood, for the weekend of November 26.  ION Television’s themed programming event kicks off with Pale Rider (1985), where Eastwood is …