World Screen

LONDON: The preschool channel JimJam continues its expansion in Asia with a launch in Indonesia on the DTH platform AORA. Since its launch in 2006, JimJam has expanded into more than 50 territories, including Poland, Russia, Hungary, Switzerland, Czech Republic, …

LONDON: NBC Universal International has tapped Denise O’Donoghue, the former chief executive of British indie Hat Trick, to lead its TV production efforts outside of the U.S., based in London. As the president of international television production, a post she assumes …

OTTAWA: David Silverman, best known for directing numerous episodes of The Simpsons as well as The Simpsons Movie, and Josh Selig, the founder and president of Little Airplane Productions, will headline this year’s Television Animation Conference, taking place October 14 …

NEW YORK: Verizon, a partner in the TV Everywhere initiative, has embarked on a trial service that will allow subscribers to its FiOS TV platform to access Turner Broadcasting content online. The FiOS trial kicks off with TNT and TBS …

NEW YORK: World Screen this week launches its revamped English- and Spanish-language video news services, MediaMinute and TeleMinuto, now offering up insightful commentary and analysis from our expert editors. To view this week’s MediaMinute, please click here.  The English-language MediaMinute, …

CAMBRIDGE: Canal+, France Télévisions and TF1 are part of a pan-European cross-industry consortium that has launched a new technical standard for connected TVs and set-top boxes delivering both broadcast and broadband content. Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) is a pan-European …

ALVISO: TiVo has lodged complaints against telcos AT&T and Verizon Communications for patent infringements relating to its DVR technology, seeking damages and permanent injunctions. The complaints are similar to the suit TiVo filed against satellite pay-TV platform DISH Network. TiVo …

LONDON: The newly commissioned LIVING pilot Superdaddy will feature Jeff Brazier, the widowed father of two sons with Jade Goody, as he juggles his role as a single parent with his professional life. The hour-long project will follow Brazier at …

LONDON: Five has signed TV personality Justin Lee Collins to an exclusive two-year deal to front a string of new entertainment and factual shows over the coming months. The first series will be Five’s new prime-time game show Heads or …

BURBANK: Kate Gosselin of Jon & Kate Plus 8 is to co-host The View on ABC on September 14 and 15, sitting in for Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who is on maternity leave until mid-October. The View makes its season premiere on …