World Screen

LOS ANGELES: ITV Studios has partnered with Parade Publications for the new ten-part series America’s Million Dollar Recipe, a nationwide search for the best dish created by everyday families. Recipes from the around the country will be accepted as submissions, …

LUXEMBOURG/ZAGREB: The RTL Group has appointed Johannes Züll to the post of CEO of its Croatian broadcaster RTL Televizija, effective this September. Züll is currently the CEO of Aegis Media in Germany. He succeeds Christoph Mainusch, who was recently named CEO of …

TORONTO: Highlights for the 2009-2010 lineup on Canada’s VisionTV include a refreshed British comedy block, with the addition of new titles throughout the season, as well as a host of factual and talk offerings. VisionTV is refreshing its popular British …

LONDON: Italia 1 has commissioned its own version of ITV Global Entertainment’s The Colour of Money for a fall launch as a daily strip in an access prime slot. The local version will be made in Rome and co-produced by …

SILVER SPRING: Industry veteran Margaret Loesch, whose experience includes running Fox Kids Network and Hallmark Channel U.S., has been tapped as the president and CEO of the joint venture formed by Discovery Communications and Hasbro for a new multiplatform kids’ …

SINGAPORE: ITV Global Entertainment’s new general-entertainment channel for Asia, Granada TV, has secured carriage on SingTel’s IPTV platform mio TV. The channel launched on the platform yesterday as part of the SuperSaver English Pack and on an à-la-carte basis. It delivers programming …

NEW YORK: The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced the contenders for the 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards, with HBO, once again, scoring the most nominations, with 99. NBC followed with 67 nominations, while ABC had 55, CBS had 49 and FOX had …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group has acquired the live-broadcasting rights to National Hockey League (NHL) games for Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark from ESPN. MTG’s coverage of the sport kicks off in October for the 2009-2010 season. The company acquired the rights …

PARIS: The closing keynote at MIPJUNIOR on October 4 will be delivered by Mahmoud Bouneb, the executive general manager of Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC). Bouneb caps off the schedule at the 17th edition of MIPJUNIOR (formerly MIPCOM Junior) from October …

LONDON: Five has revealed some of the highlights of its entertainment slate for the upcoming season, including its version of Farmer Wants a Wife, fronted by Louise Redknapp, as well as series with Robson Green and Ross Noble. “I’m delighted with …