World Screen

NEW YORK: General Electric (GE) and Comcast Corporation have agreed on a value of around $30 billion for a joint venture between NBC Universal and Comcast, according to reports.  The resolution brings the companies one step closer to firming up …

MILAN: News Corporation is to launch a new digital terrestrial channel in Italy, Cielo, on December 1. Cielo, which is Italian for Sky, will reach 12 million homes on Italy’s digital broadcasting platform. News Corporation Stations Europe—a unit of News Corp. …

Starz Entertainment is a premium content supplier, providing programming to consumers on several platforms: theaters, traditional linear TV channels, DVDs, and on-demand services on TV, computers and portable devices. Its president and COO, Bill Myers, is leading the company to …

With entertainment behemoths like Idols, Got Talent and X Factor, and a game-show catalogue that includes such hits as Family Feud and The Price is Right, FremantleMedia has placed its formats in nearly every corner of the globe. Rob Clark, …

When FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) decided to expand into the kids’ and family programming sector, the company tapped former Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures Television executive Sander Schwartz to head up the new division. As executive VP and head of children …

TORONTO: The Canadian New Media Awards (CNMAs), which recognize the achievements of the country’s most innovative digital media companies, have announced the nominees in 19 different categories, with winners to be named on December 1 as part of nextMEDIA Toronto. The awards …

HONG KONG: Disney-ABC International Television (DAIT) Asia Pacific has expanded and reorganized its television distribution sales team to support growth in the region.    Led by Greg Johnson, the VP of program distribution at DAIT Asia Pacific, the new roles …

MADRID: Suckers, from BRB International, has been picked up by France 3 for broadcast in 2010. The series has just been awarded a Spanish audience prize at the 20th edition of the Art Futura Festival, being held in various Spanish …

SINGAPORE: With Barclays Premier League action moving from cable operator StarHub to IPTV service mioTV in 2010, both platforms have announced new sports promotions in a bid to lure—and retain—subscribers. StarHub lost the English Premier League rights to mioTV in …

TORONTO: Picture Box Distribution of Canada has sold three seasons of ‘Til Debt Do Us Part, which helps families deal with their debt, to CNBC in the U.S.  The show, produced by Frantic Films in association with Canwest Broadcasting’s Slice, …