World Screen

November 3-6 Grand Hyatt, Hong Kong The theme for the CASBAA Convention in 2008 was "All Eyes on Asia," and the media industry has certainly kept its focus on the fast-growing sector of the world, where ad revenues are expected …

LOS ANGELES/OAKBROOK TERRACE: Redbox has clinched a two-year deal with Summit Entertainment, bringing the Twilight movie franchise to its more than 15,000 DVD kiosks across the U.S. The deal expands the selection of Summit Entertainment titles available at Redbox’s kiosk …

NEW YORK/LONDON: A new deal with CANAL+ Cyfrowy takes HISTORY’s reach to more than 1 million households across Poland. CYFRA+ is the first Polish DTH platform offering HISTORY. The channel will be fully localized in Polish, and will be offered …

ATLANTA: TNT has acquired the rights to air all six episodes produced for the second season of John Wells’ cop drama Southland, which was cancelled by NBC, as well as all seven episodes from the first season. The series was initially …

LONDON: UKTV’s Home has commissioned My Flat Pack Home from October Films and a second season of Gutted from TwoFour Productions. Each episode of the 20×30-minute My Flat Pack Home will feature an individual, couple or family who have decided …

LONDON: The BBC has unveiled Democracy Live, an online destination that will deliver live and on-demand coverage of Britain’s national political institutions and the European Parliament. Found at bbc.co.uk/democracylive, the site will allow users to follow political debates based on the issues …

BURBANK: ABC has unveiled the highlights of its upcoming November sweeps programming lineup, which includes the drama series Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice and FlashForward, along with new comedies Modern Family and Cougar Town.  Throughout sweeps, Jimmy Kimmel Live will present …

BURBANK: The hit half-hour comedy Scrubs heads into its ninth season on December 1 on ABC, while Better Off Ted will debut its sophomore run on December 8.  Scrubs, which launches with back-to-back episodes at 9 p.m., focuses on Dr. …

LOS ANGELES: Cinema Management Group (CMG) has reached a deal with Liddell Entertainment to represent the international sales rights to Chris Rock’s recently released feature documentary Good Hair. The film, which won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, explores …

MIAMI: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has promoted Russell Kline to senior VP of channel operations for Latin America from his role as executive VP of finance and operations, continuing to be based in Miami. Kline will be reporting to Klaudia …