World Screen

    LONDON: NBC Universal Global Networks has secured carriage for SCI FI Channel on the SBB digital platform in the Balkans, from October 1. The channel launch in Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia, Croatia and Montenegro, and will also be available …

LOS ANGELES: Jonathan Block-Verk, the president of PromaxBDA, takes on further responsibilities as CEO. Under Block-Verk’s leadership, PromaxBDA launched a quarterly print publication, brief and daily email newsletter, Daily Brief. The PromaxBDA website is also being completely renovated and redesigned …

STAMFORD: World Wrestling Entertainment’s (WWE) CEO, Linda McMahon, is stepping down after announcing her candidacy for the U.S. Senate, representing the state of Connecticut.  Vince McMahon will take over the CEO responsibilities, in addition to his current post as chairman. …

NEW YORK: True Blood finished its sophomore season on HBO on Sunday with 5.1 million viewers at 9 p.m., more than double the season one finale, while Hung ended its debut outing as the premium cable network’s most watched freshman …

    LONDON: Maureen Taxter has been appointed to the newly-created post of senior VP of U.S. consumer products at Ludorum, and will be based in New York. Reporting to Ludorum’s COO, Charlie Caminada, Taxter will be responsible for all …

LONDON: The newly established specialist content distributor Scorpion TV, founded by former Zodiak Entertainment senior executive David Cornwall, will make its market debut at MIPCOM. Scorpion TV’s MIPCOM slate includes factual highlights such as Believe: The Barack Obama Story, produced …

BURBANK: Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) has entered into an agreement with Computer Applications Development, making the new rights-management system MediaRights available to the company’s sales and business operations teams. MediaRights is a web-based, modular designed system that manages the …

TORONTO: Following a successful debut on Canada’s YTV, Survive This has been been given an order for 13 new episodes to be produced by 9 Story Entertainment. Production on the new season began earlier this month. Created by 9 Story …

HONG KONG: Subhash Chandra, the chairman and founder of Zee Entertainment Enterprises in India, will be a keynote participant in the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) Convention in Hong Kong on November 4th. A pioneer in India’s …

TORONTO: Breakthrough Entertainment has firmed up sales on a number of its factual programs with broadcasters in Europe, Italy and Australia.  The Re-Inventors went to Discovery in Italy, ABC in Australia, Nord in Poland, Ananey in Israel, Spektrum in Hungary …