World Screen

NEW YORK: The one-hour documentary special Extreme Interventionist: The Man Behind The Cleaner, premiering August 11 on A&E, will spotlight former addict Warren Boyd, whose personal journey inspired the cable network’s original drama The Cleaner. The project looks at Boyd’s …

NEW YORK: 4Kids Entertainment has enlisted Montgomery & Co. to assist its board in evaluating options for the future, including alliances with strategic partners or the sale of the company. 4Kids announced today that it retained Montgomery & Co. to explore its …

LONDON: Channel 4 has commissioned Darlow Smithson Productions to produce a new feature-length documentary, to mark the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, featuring recordings of calls from people who were trapped in the twin towers of the World …

SYDNEY/LONDON: Hugh Marks is stepping down as the CEO of Southern Star, while parent company Endemol today announced a management restructure that sees new roles for Marco Bassetti, Paul Römer and Tom Toumazis. At Southern Star, Marks is stepping down as …

LOS ANGELES: Infinity Media is expanding its operations with the launch of an in-house TV division, Infinity TV, to develop both scripted and nonscripted material. Infinity TV will spearhead the development and production of a wide range of reality-based programming, …

ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi Media Company has entered into a 50:50 joint-venture agreement with U.S.-based Gazillion Entertainment to create the first massively multiplayer online games (MMOG) studio based in the region. The JV is intended to develop the path towards …

ENGLEWOOD: In the second quarter, Liberty Global’s revenues fell just 2 percent to $2.65 billion, but the company recorded a net loss of $93.1 million, as compared with last year’s $428.2 million profit, as a result of one-time charges. The …

PRAGUE/LONDON: TV Nova and MTV Networks International (MTVNI) are to launch MTV Czech, available to audiences in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, on November 29. Available via cable, satellite and IPTV, MTV Czech will be a fully localized service offering youth-oriented programming …

NEW YORK: News Corporation has increased its ownership stake in German pay-TV giant Sky Deutschland from 30.5 percent to 39.96 percent. News Corp. has been steadily increasing its investment in the German pay-TV giant, formerly known as Premiere, since first acquiring …

ALVISO: Hundreds of new free web videos will be available directly to TiVo Series3, TiVo HD and TiVo HD XL subscribers. The podcast channels are being added to TiVo’s current roster of free web videos from outlets such as CBS, …