World Screen

LONDON: Adding tens of thousands of hours of classic television and film clip content to its collection, ITN Source has signed an exclusive international program-clip archive representation deal with ITV Global Entertainment. ITN Source already represents Granada, Survival and LWT …

TORONTO: VisionTV is bringing back a host of comedy and drama titles for its fall lineup, and has also added new original factual offerings, all geared to viewers 45-plus. For 2009-2010, VisionTV will refresh its weeknight British comedy block with …

NEW YORK/SAN BRUNO: Time Warner has agreed to make clips from a range of movies, TV shows and news reports available on YouTube, after launching a branded HBO channel on the video-sharing site last year. The agreement will allow Warner …

SINGAPORE: The Jay Leno Show, the highly anticipated variety show set to debut in NBC’s fall lineup, has been given an 11 p.m. slot Monday through Friday in Asia exclusively on Universal Channel. Universal Channel will air the show within …

NEW YORK: To promote its fall lineup, CBS is using new technology to run video advertising in an upcoming print edition of Entertainment Weekly, via tiny screens that will be embedded in the issue. The VIP (Video-in-Print) technology will be …

NEW YORK: Ryan Alexander Jenkins, a contestant on the VH1 reality show Megan Wants a Millionaire, is wanted for questioning in the death of his ex-wife, and the network has subsequently pulled any future airings of the series. Jenkins, who …

SYDNEY: Nine Network in Australia has announced three appointments to its senior production management team. David Mason will serve as head of development, responsible for developing and overseeing new programs. Janine Cooper joins Nine as head of entertainment. Currently the …

MIAMI/BOGOTÁ: MTV Networks Latin America (MTVNLA) has set up a new office in Bogotá, Colombia, to be led by Christian Prada as country manager. The new office is tasked with handling ad sales, affiliate sales and marketing in the Andean region, spanning …

LONDON: Indonesian network Indosiar launched its own version of the FremantleMedia dating format Take Him Out over the weekend, scoring a 36-percent audience share and more than 6 million viewers. Take Him Out Indonesia, a co-production between FremantleMedia Asia and …

LOS ANGELES: Showtime has released details about a 10-episode documentary series, slated to premiere in 2010, created and executive produced by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone. Oliver Stone’s Secret History of America has been in the works for the last …