World Screen

NEW YORK: Through a three-year extension of an existing partnership, Spike TV will continue to air Total Nonstop Action’s (TNA) weekly iMPACT! show through 2012, in addition to airing a new original series of one-hour TNA specials. Each special will …

LOS ANGELES: A new video-on-demand service from Sundance Channel offers documentaries and international films endorsed by Sundance festival founder Robert Redford, often available the same day as the movies’ theatrical release. Sundance Selects will debut August 26 with Spike Lee’s …

SINGAPORE: Li, which is being billed as Asia’s first regional lifestyle channel in high definition, is slated to launch on SingTel’s IPTV platform mio TV this week. Li, short for "Life Inspired", will feature content under five pillars—food, home, wellness, travel …

LONDON: BBC Two and BBC Four are offering up a lineup of programming centered on The Beatles, kicking off with a new documentary that features never-before-heard fragments of conversation, along with interviews and rare footage, from the Fab Four. The …

LOS ANGELES: Harry Sloan is out as the CEO of MGM but will remain as chairman, with the studio forming an "Office of the CEO" with production head Mary Parent, CFO Bedi A. Singh and new appointee Stephen F. Cooper, …

NEW YORK: Veronica Hart has been promoted to VP of licensing at CBS Consumer Products, while John Van Citters has been upped to VP of product development. Hart is responsible for managing an expanded portfolio of licensing categories, including toys …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide Channels is rebranding BBC Prime in Europe and the Middle East as BBC Entertainment beginning this November. BBC Entertainment has already rolled out across Asia, including India, as well as in Poland, Africa, Scandinavia and Latin America. Offering comedy, …

ATLANTA: The newly created position of VP and executive producer for Cartoon Network Digital will be taken on by Kitric Kerns. Kerns will oversee the overall strategy and development of content for CartoonNetwork.com, which averages more than 5 million unique …

NEW YORK: Lisa Leingang takes on the role of senior VP of original programming and development for East Coast operations at Comedy Central. Leingang will oversee the development and production of all Comedy Central original pilots and series based on …

NEW YORK: The third season of AMC’s acclaimed original drama Mad Men opened with a series best of 2.8 million viewers on Sunday night, a 34-percent increase on the second season premiere. Meanwhile, across the three airings of the premiere …