World Screen

ROME: TivùSat, the free satellite-TV platform owned by Rai, Mediaset and Telecom Italian Media, is set to launch in Italy on July 31. The platform, in which Rai and Mediaset each hold 48.25 percent, with the balance 3.5 percent held by …

BURBANK: Eastwick takes a Wednesday 10 p.m. slot on ABC as of September 23, while Brothers & Sisters returns to Sundays at 10 p.m. on September 27. As previously announced, Dancing with the Stars and Castle lead off ABC’s Monday …

PASADENA: Speaking at a conference in California, Robert Iger, the president and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, was optimistic that viewers will be willing to pay to access content on the Internet and hinted at plans for a Disney-branded …

BURBANK: Moving nights, from Tuesday to Wednesday, Wipeout is returning to ABC for a third season, produced by Endemol USA.  The new season will sees 24 contestants competing in the world’s largest extreme obstacle course. Wipeout has been a top …

LOS ANGELES: E! Entertainment Television has announced a sophomore season of the reality series Kendra, which centers on Playboy alum Kendra Wilkinson, who gained fame as Hugh Hefner’s girlfriend on E!’s The Girls Next Door. The first season, which set records for E! …

NEW YORK: As the legendary newsman is remembered today with a ceremony at St. Bartholomew’s Church in midtown Manhattan, Anna Carugati, World Screen’s group editorial director, who worked in the CBS newsroom in Chicago in the ’80s, reflects upon his …

SINGAPORE: SingTel’s IPTV platform mio TV, which recently added Granada TV to its lineup, is now offering subscribers two new on-demand channels featuring dramas and documentaries from the U.K., sourced from ITV Global Entertainment and BBC Worldwide. British Drama and …

LOS ANGELES: Fox International Channels (FIC) has tapped Fireworks International to handle the distribution of its original FoxBytes-branded short-form content. FIC recently announced plans to release six original short-form shows under the FoxBytes banner on its platforms this summer. Beginning in November, Fireworks International …

HARRINGTON PARK: The one-hour special Roger Moore: A Matter of Class has been sold by Janson Media to Sweden’s SVT (Sveriges Television). From Janson’s Hollywood Collection, a archive of 34 star biographies retrospectives, Roger Moore: A Matter of Class is …

LONDON: Cineflix International has secured deals on more than 500 hours of programming in Scandinavia over the past six months, including Eat Yourself Sexy selling to MTV Finland, TV3 in Norway and TV4 in Sweden. Cineflix now represents all five …