World Screen

HONG KONG: The CASBAA Convention in Hong Kong this November will feature a focus on the sports broadcasting business in Asia, with a lineup that includes Lalit Modi, the chairman and commissioner of cricket’s lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL). In …

LONDON/MUMBAI: U.K.-based MoMedia International is teaming with Indian content distributor Shemaroo Entertainment to create and run Bolly & Beyond, a new South Asian VOD service that will be carried on BT Vision. The subscription service is slated to launch later …

LONDON: Ian Hogg is to take on the Sydney-based role of CEO of FremantleMedia Australia, where he will be responsible for the overall management and business performance. Hogg will be reporting directly to Simon Spalding, the regional CEO of Europe …

NEW YORK: Radio personality Don Imus’s syndicated morning show will begin airing on FOX Business Network in October in HD via a multi-year deal announced today. The nationally syndicated Imus in the Morning will be simulcast Monday through Friday from …

STOCKHOLM: Priit Leito has been appointed CEO of TV3, TV6, 3+, Power Hit Radio and Star FM in Estonia, taking up the role on September 28. Leito replaces Kaspars Ozolins, the CEO of free-TV Baltics within Modern Times Group, who …

LOS ANGELES: The soon-to-launch premium movie channel EPIX has clinched an output agreement with Roadside Attractions covering up to 22 theatrical releases. The deal covers titles scheduled to hit theaters this year, next and in 2011. They will be broadcast …

NEW YORK: Rainbow Media Holdings has firmed up the third international carriage deal for Sundance Channel with a launch on Free in France. Sundance Channel debuts in France today, on the eve of Free’s tenth anniversary. The 24-hour channel will …

BERLIN: Sony has announced several new European initiatives for its line of Bravia TV sets, including new models in the U.K. featuring integrated Freesat receivers. Freesat, operated by the BBC and ITV, offers some 140 TV, radio and interactive channels …

LONDON/BURBANK: NBC is on board for a pilot of an American version of the acclaimed ITV drama Prime Suspect, to be penned by Without a Trace‘s Hank Steinberg. The Helen Mirren police drama written by Lynda La Plante aired on …

LONDON: National Geographic Channel UK has picked up Cineflix International’s Border Security USA, while Discovery UK went for seasons two and three of Surf Patrol. Border Security USA is Cineflix’s first U.S. prime-time network program. The 13×1-hour series, which aired …