World Screen

LONDON: The British entertainment channel LIVING is set to launch in high definition exclusively on Virgin Media on October 6, joining a number of other HD channels on the cable platform. The simulcast channel will feature shows such as Ghost Whisperer, …

NEW YORK: Mark Burnett is set to executive produce the upcoming People’s Choice Awards, taking place January 6 in Los Angeles and airing live on CBS. The awards show, where fans honor their favorites in movies, music and television, will be …

LONDON: The BBC has rolled out a new Red Button interactive service for CBeebies, following the launch of a dedicated iPlayer for the preschool channel earlier this year. With the Red Button functionality, kids can access an  area featuring games …

NEW YORK/LONDON: Romania is the latest territory in Central Europe to receive HISTORY HD, alongside previous launches in Poland, Hungary, Serbia, the Czech Republic and Slovenia, among others. The Romanian-language service for HISTORY HD will launch on UPC on October …

NEW YORK: World Screen today unveils its cutting-edge Screening Rooms, merging our WorldScreenings.com video portal with our extremely popular online listings service. To view it, please click here. The revamped WorldScreenings.com is the ultimate programming destination for our industry. This …

CEO, MarVista Entertainment  Founded in 2003, MarVista Entertainment has focused on quality made-for-television movies as well as family and children’s programming that has sold throughout the world thanks to the company’s worldwide distribution organization. CEO Fernando Szew talks about the …

Dr Christopher Chia CEO     What are the top properties being offered by Singaporean companies at MIPCOM? At MIPCOM 2009, the Singapore Pavilion, located at booth 05.20-07.19 at the Palais de Festival, will showcase recent Singapore-made HD productions and …

Maria Doolan Managing Director, Brand & Business Development     What are some of your top properties for MIPCOM?   At MIP Junior, Zinkia is screening a new comedy adventure series called Mola Noguru. Aimed at 3- to 5-year-olds, this …

Christina Brenner Head, Sales & Marketing   What are your properties from MIPCOM?   Oscar The Balloonist, Dragon Hunters, Air Bud, Enid Blyton and Fix & Foxi Why will these programs appeal to buyers? YFE is committed to providing original quality …

Vickie Corner Managing Director     What are some of your top properties for MIPCOM?   At MIPCOM 2009 we will launch our first in house production Everything’s Rosie, a hi-definition, CGI preschool series. For the first time we are delighted to bring …