World Screen

LONDON: Speaking at the Westminster Media Forum, Tony Cohen, the CEO of FremantleMedia, addressed key elements of Lord Carter’s recently released Digital Britain Report and questioned its support of an alliance between BBC Worldwide and Channel 4. "Encouraging [Channel 4] to …

AMSTERDAM: Global advertising spending dropped 7.2 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to Global AdView Pulse from Nielsen, with European countries being hit the hardest, including Spain, Ireland, Italy and the U.K. In Spain, ad spend across …

PARIS: The French Senate has adopted a revised version of the country’s controversial anti-piracy law, after a provision in the original edition was struck down for being unconstitutional. Last month, the Constitutional Council nixed the provision in the Creation and Internet bill that …

WEST PALM BEACH: Kristine Hunsinger, most recently with Lifetime Television, has been named senior VP of planning, scheduling and acquisitions at ION Media Networks. The appointment reflects ION’s expanded commitment to developing and acquiring new programming. Her mandate includes directing and …

LORETO: Rainbow SpA, Big Bocca Productions and Panini have signed a deal to roll out 3-D figurines in the U.K. based on the boy-skewing property Huntik. The show was developed in partnership with m4e and is currently on air on Jetix in …

TORONTO: Breakthrough Entertainment has licensed the rights to Jimmy Two-Shoes to Disney Channel in Japan for a fall 2009 launch. Walt Disney Television International Japan picked up 26 half-hour episodes of the animated comedy, produced by Breakthrough Animation in association with …

NEW YORK: Bravo is currently casting for the third season of The Real Housewives of New York City, set to premiere in 2010. The cable network says that production will begin this fall. Casting is currently under way for "additional housewives," …

HONG KONG/LISBON: STAR’s Hindi-language entertainment channel Star Plus and Bollywood movie outlet Star Gold have secured carriage on the Clix IPTV platform in Portugal. Both channels will be available to Clix subscribers as part of the “STAR Pack” for 9.99 …

PARIS: Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) has signed a deal with Ace Entertainment to make E! Entertainment content available on Mosaic Mobile, a bouquet of mobile TV channels in France, Switzerland and Belgium. The free, ad-based streaming video service available on …

LONDON: A new film fund has launched in the U.K. to support the production of socially conscious documentaries using donations from social networks and film fans. Tipping Point Film Fund (TPFF) is a not-for-profit fund that aims to reach out …