World Screen

TORONTO: Production is under way on Copper, the new drama developed by Thump Inc. and produced in partnership with E1 Entertainment for simulcast on Global in Canada and ABC in the U.S. later this year. The 13×1-hour series was commissioned …

LONDON: The new CBBC series Relic will follow as a team of children enter the British Museum at night to unlock the mysteries behind its most famous artifacts. The in-house 13×30-minute production will broadcast in early 2010. Executive producers are …

ATLANTA: Michael J. Kelly, the former president of AOL Media Networks, has been appointed president and CEO of The Weather Channel Companies (TWCC), which includes the cable net The Weather Channel, available in 99 million homes. Kelly will be responsible …

SCOTTSDALE: In 2011, some 20 million TV sets offering wireless connectivity—providing direct access to online content—will be shipped worldwide, according to ABI Research. “North America, Western Europe, and select Asian countries are seen as the next growth markets, and the …

NEW YORK: A Los Angeles federal court has sided in favor of Univision Communications in the Hispanic broadcaster’s battle with Televisa, ruling that the Mexican media giant cannot stream its programming on the Internet in the U.S. market. Judge Philip S. …

BURBANK: Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana—featuring cross-over episodes of the hit series Wizards of Waverly Place, The Suite Life on Deck and Hannah Montana—led Disney Channel to become TV’s most watched network during the event in households, total viewers, …

NEW YORK: NBC Universal’s revenues in the second quarter were down 8 percent to $3.6 billion, with segment profit down 41 percent to $539 million, partly as a result of the ad downturn. The financials were released as part of …

HONG KONG: Ross Pollack is leaving Sony Pictures Television’s Asian distribution operations to become CEO of Celestial Pictures and will be replaced by Angel Orengo from SPT’s Latin American distribution division. At the Hong Kong-based Celestial Pictures—which operates three Asian …

NEW YORK: New Core Productions and Silver Lining Film Group are adapting the award-winning stage musical Smoking Bloomberg, about a Korean dry cleaner who seeks revenge on New York mayor Michael Bloomberg when his smoking ban ruins her business, into …

LONDON: British factual producer Raw Cut TV’s new current-affairs unit is to be led by journalist David Hencke, the former Westminster correspondent for the Guardian.   Hencke will be responsible for sourcing news and stories that the current-affairs unit will develop …