World Screen

LOS ANGELES: The comedic drama Drop Dead Diva has been picked up for an additional 13 episodes by Lifetime Television for 2010.  The series, which tells the story of an aspiring model who dies and comes back to life as …

LONDON: The fall schedule on Bravo U.K. will be led by the new eight-part documentary series Big Trouble in Tourist Thailand, launching on the male-skewing channel on September 7. Slated in a 10 p.m. slot, the original commission promises unprecedented behind-the-scenes …

MIAMI: Irving Plonskier has been promoted to senior VP and general manager of advertising sales for Latin America at Sony Pictures Television (SPT). Plonskier assumes duties previously held by Klaudia Bermudez-Key, who was recently named senior VP and general manager …

LONDON: FremantleMedia’s gaming division is partnering with MGM Interactive to develop online casino-style games, outside of the U.S., based on a selection of MGM’s film and TV brands. FM Gaming will develop games based on titles such as Fame, the …

TEL AVIV: Revenues at Dori Media Group for the first half of the year were down 8.6 percent to $25.4 million, with a profit before tax of $1.4 million, down from last year’s $4.3 million. “As predicted, the first six …

LONDON: A roundtable of global cancer experts, advocates and researchers from the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit in Dublin will be streamed live on CNN.com on August 23, prior to its TV premiere on CNN International. Led by CNN’s chief medical …

ENGLEWOOD: Starz has begun the search for a new CEO, following news that its current chairman and CEO, Robert B. Clasen, is to retire at the end of the year. Clasen joined Starz Entertainment in 2003. In 2006, when Liberty …

LOS ANGELES: MySpace has reached a deal to acquire the music social-networking site iLike for an undisclosed sum. Owen Van Natta, the CEO of MySpace, said the acquisition "advances our relentless pursuit of innovation and the need to create new …

NEW YORK: Don Hewitt, the creator and former executive producer of CBS’s long-running news magazine 60 Minutes, passed away yesterday at the age of 86. In this personal essay, Art Kane, a retired CBS News and CBS Broadcast International executive, reflects …

BALTIMORE: PBS KIDS is to feature a number of series that foster preschoolers’ science exploration in its fall lineup, while PBS KIDS GO! targets early elementary school kids with new literacy content. On September 7, the CGI-animated series Dinosaur Train …