World Screen

HONG KONG: Fox International Channels is set to launch Fox One Stop Media (FOSM), an advertising sales house in the Asia Pacific that represents STAR, FOX and National Geographic brands. FOSM will coordinate media buying services for 28 channel brands, …

  LONDON: UKTV’s Dave has commissioned a third season of the comedy panel show Argumental, produced by Tiger Aspect Productions, while BBC Two signed on for four episodes for its fall schedule. BBC Two has taken on four episodes from the …

TORONTO: A new initiative between CBC and Telefilm Canada sees an integrated approach to the commissioning, marketing and distribution of Canadian English-language feature films. The films would have an initial theatrical release, and would broadcast on CBC shortly thereafter. CBC will contribute …

LONDON: Endemol is rolling out a new social game based on the hit game-show format Deal or No Deal, starting with a launch on Facebook in the U.K. this month.  Deal or No Deal Live! will be free to play, …

HONG KONG: The competitiveness of the multichannel landscape in Asia was a key topic at the CASBAA convention, which drew more than 700 delegates, speakers, sponsors and media from around the world. According to CASBAA, competition in the multichannel industry is higher …

DOHA: Al Jazeera English (AJE) is to launch on the Austar pay-TV platform in Australia on November 15, expanding the channel’s reach to more than 180 million households worldwide.  The global news service is joining the 40-plus channels already available …

 ENGLEWOOD: Liberty Global is expanding its portfolio of pay-TV assets, acquiring Germany’s second-largest cable operator, Unitymedia.   The platform is the largest cable service in the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse. Its footprint passes about 8.8 million homes, …

BURBANK: Fourth-quarter profit at The Walt Disney Company increased by 18 percent to $895 million, while revenues rose by 4 percent to $9.9 billion.   The Q4 profit boost was attributed to gains from the merger of Lifetime and AETN …

NEW YORK: News Corporation’s chairman and CEO, Rupert Murdoch, is ranked seventh on Forbes’ list of the world’s most powerful people, behind Google’s Sergey Brin and Larry Page in fifth place and Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim in sixth. Other media …

DALLAS: The number of U.S. broadband households watching premium online content, including movies and TV shows, doubled in the last year, according to a new study from Parks Associates. The report, Broadband, Communications and Entertainment Bundles, shows that more than 25 …