World Screen

TAIPEI: AETN All Asia Networks (AAA Networks), a joint venture of A&E Television Networks and ASTRO All Asia Entertainment Networks, has secured carriage for its portfolio of factual channels in Taiwan with four MSOs: TBC, kbro, CNS and TFN Media. …

LONDON: European cable revenues grew 5.4 percent in 2008 to reach 18.8 billion euros, according to new research from Screen Digest, driven in part by the success of triple-play platforms. The research, carried out in conjunction with the Cable Europe …

LONDON: The boy-focused, girl-inclusive channel Disney XD is to launch August 31 in the U.K., featuring programming such as the original live-action series Aaron Stone. Also in the channel’s lineup at launch will be the animated hit Phineas and Ferb …

BURBANK: Lost‘s Dominic Monaghan has joined the cast of the ABC fall drama FlashForward, premiering September 24 at 8 p.m. In FlashForward, the world’s population is given a glimpse of their future, forcing everyone to evaluate if their destinies can …

UNIVERSAL CITY: Jeff Gaspin is taking on an expanded position at NBC Universal to replace Ben Silverman, who is exiting as the co-chairman of NBC Universal Entertainment and forming a new business with Barry Diller’s IAC. Gaspin has been tapped as …

LONDON: Exclusive digital content based on the British soap Coronation Street is being developed by ITV Studios’ digital productions unit for itv.com. Coronation Street‘s website will host some 100 minutes of premium video content every month, including cast interviews, backstage …

MONTREAL: Canadian production outfit Incendo, which is currently filming the new TV movie Second Chances, has tapped Gavin Reardon to lead its international sales efforts out of Los Angeles. The company, headed up by Jean Bureau and Stephen Greenberg, has also …

TORONTO: Canada’s TELETOON welcomes four new series to its daytime schedule this fall, along with further episodes from nine returning shows. The new fall schedule kicks off September 7 with Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Airing Monday to Friday at …

LOS ANGELES: A Squared Entertainment, the new kids’ media company co-founded by former DIC Entertainment chief Andy Heyward, has clinched a deal with AOL for several web series, including one in which an animated Warren Buffett teaches young people about finance. The new brands from A Squared Entertainment, led by Heyward and Amy Moynihan …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Television’s (NGT) first scripted drama, Darwin’s Darkest Hour, will air in the U.S. on the PBS signature series NOVA on October 6.  Principal photography on the two-part drama has wrapped in Canada. Darwin’s Darkest Hour stars …