World Screen

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has inked new deals with Bravado and Half Moon Bay to develop product ranges inspired by the classic days of Doctor Who.  With artwork inspired by the fourth and fifth Doctors, the retro lines will feature some …

NEW YORK: CBS Vision is allowing clients of media agency OMD access to its Television City research facility, housed in the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, as part of a new venture called Communications Lab@OMD. CBS’s Television City incorporates traditional …

LONDON: The Endemol reality series The Gap Year is relaunching simultaneously across Bebo, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and YouTube. The show originally launched just on Bebo. The Gap Year: Challenge New Zealand has now successfully launched on a range of sites, with nearly 12,000 fans across …

LOS ANGELES: As part of its campaign aimed at addressing Internet piracy, The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) has introduced its members to a number of enhanced security features through its new iWatch trial program. IFTA has partnered with …

ABU DHABI/LONDON: MTV Networks International (MTVNI) and twofour54 have teamed up to to launch Comedy Central Studios Arabia, signing a multi-year partnership.  The new studio, headquartered in twofour54’s offices in Abu Dhabi, will develop and produce comedy content in Arabic …

This article originally appeared in the MIPCOM ’09 issue. In 2003, when the BBC decided to revive Doctor Who, it turned to Russell T. Davies. With the series Queer As Folk and The Second Coming, Davies had emerged as one …

This article originally appeared in the MIPCOM ’09 issue. The sports-programming sector, like any other, is feeling the effects of the economic downturn, but not with equal force. Probably more than any other genre, sports programming has strategic potential. At …

BUDAPEST: HBO Central Europe has appointed Marc Lorber to the new position of senior VP of original programming and production and executive producer. Lorber comes from a role as senior VP for production at MarVista Entertainment, where he led their …

PAWTUCKET: In her new role as executive producer at Hasbro Studios, Kathy Samuels will be responsible for overseeing production on a number of creative initiatives, covering a variety of program genres. Samuels joins from CTDG, where she served as senior VP and was …