World Screen

LOS ANGELES: Playboy TV is searching for ten models and ten photographers to compete for the chance at a feature in an upcoming issue of the iconic magazine in its new reality series Playboy Shootout. The nine-episode series will pit …

SÃO PAULO: To celebrate ten years of TV Globo Internacional, the Central Globo de Comunicação has developed a campaign that incorporates various commemorative activities, scheduled to celebrate the anniversary in different corners of the world.   Since its launch in 1999, the …

GÜTERSLOH: Bertelsmann, the parent company of the RTL Group, has released its first-half results, with revenues down 7 percent to 7.2 billion and a net loss of 333 million euros. The European media behemoth noted that the loss—as compared with a …

Visions from Brazil This interview appeared in the April 2009 MIPTV edition of World Screen. For years a respected television and film director in Brazil, Fernando Meirelles landed firmly on the global map with City of God, based on the …

COUNTRY: Malaysia LAUNCH DATE: August 31, 2006 OWNERSHIP: Astro Entertainment, a division of Malaysian pay-TV platform Astro, which is owned by media conglomerate Astro All Asia Networks DISTRIBUTION: Distributed on Astro, reaching 2.76 million subscribers TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC: Astro targets kids …

LOS ANGELES: Lawless Entertainment has been appointed the worldwide publishing, TV and licensing agent for the Storyland series of books, written by Erik Daniel Shein and illustrated by Lina Safar. The series of 13 rhyming book celebrates all of the major …

NEW YORK: FOX Business Network (FBN) and Tennis Channel are set to begin sharing select content, bringing U.S. Open recaps to the News Corp.-owned business channel and Wall Street updates to the sports network. Monday through Friday, FBN’s Money For Breakfast will feature …

LOS ANGELES: The Jim Henson Company has taken back the distribution rights for its family classics and fantasy library titles, following the expiration of agreements with HIT Entertainment and Warner Bros. The Jim Henson Company’s catalogue of award-winning family classics …

WOODLAND HILLS: NHK Broadcasting in Japan has picked up Showcase Entertainment’s live-action kids’ adventure series Flight 29 Down to air the series starting September 29 on NHK ETV. The 30×30-minute series follows the adventures of a group of kids who …

LONDON/BURBANK: Channel 4’s More 4 digital network has scored the British broadcast rights to John Wells’ new NBC cop drama Southland from Warner Bros. International Television Distribution. Slated to premiere on More 4 later this year, Southland, which is returning to …