World Screen

TORONTO: Lionsgate’s co-chairman and CEO, Jon Feltheimer, will kick off the 2009 Banff World Television Festival with a unique one-on-one keynote interview conducted by Richard Stursberg, CBC/Radio-Canada’s executive VP of English services. On June 8, Feltheimer and Stursberg will discuss …

MENLO PARK: New research from Knowledge Networks finds that the transition to digital television in the U.S. has directly impacted media technology in one out of every four TV households (26 percent) during the past year. Knowledge Networks has been …

LONDON: The BBC Trust has delayed its final decision on whether to approve Project Canvas, the joint-venture catch-up TV service from BBC, ITV and BT, citing a "significant gap" in information provided. It had originally intended to make its final …

NEW YORK: Disney-ABC Television, NBC Universal and Hearst Corporation are in discussions about the creation of a joint venture that would put Lifetime Network under the A&E Television Networks (AETN) umbrella, according to reports. The restructuring would give NBC Universal …

MEXICO CITY: Mexican media conglomerate Grupo Televisa has teamed up with the social-networking site hi5 to provide free online programming in Latin America. Televisa will be the exclusive representative of hi5’s online advertising inventory in Hispanic Latin America and jointly …

NEW YORK: Chase Carey, the CEO of the DIRECTV Group, has been named deputy chairman, president and COO of News Corporation, reporting directly to Rupert Murdoch.  Carey is to join the board of directors of News Corp. on July 1, when …

LONDON: BabyTV has launched a localized Spanish-language channel on Sky México. With this new launch, Fox International’s BabyTV now reaches more than two million subscribers in Mexico alone. The channel is the world’s first 24-hour commercial-free offering for infants, toddlers …

MUNICH/LONDON: TV-Loonland has appointed Barbora Sopkova as sales manager for TV and home-entertainment distribution, based out of the London office and taking up her new post with immediate effect. Sopkova joins TV-Loonland from Classic Media (formerly Entertainment Rights), where she …

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES/LONDON: Based in Los Angeles, Larry Gilbert joins the current programming department of indie studio E1 Entertainment. Gilbert joins the E1 team during a pivotal moment in its growth, after licensing two high-profile series, The Bridge and Copper, to …

CENTURY CITY: Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising has added an all-new cast of characters to its roster with its addition of the newest Seth MacFarlane creation, The Cleveland Show. The Cleveland Show will unite with Family Guy product ranges as …