World Screen

NEW YORK: Fox Broadcasting Company and Procter & Gamble Productions have teamed up with the New York Television Festival (NYTVF) to launch the second FOX-NYTVF Comedy Script Contest, which offers aspiring television writers a chance at $25,000 and a development …

The woes of public broadcasting in Europe have been an ongoing saga dating back to the growth of commercial competition in free-to-air television, and as the media world becomes digital, things may get tougher. Twenty years ago, competition was straightforward—public …

In March, the German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle launched its second channel in Asia, DW-TV Asia+. Expanding beyond its traditional German-language, news remit, DW-TV Asia+ features 18 hours of programming in English per day, "with an increased focus on culture …

With its mix of public and professional events, the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival has positioned itself as North America’s largest conference dedicated to the nonfiction genre. Even the tough economic times haven’t stifled the turnout, as the event …

NAME: 3rd & Bird! ORIGIN: 3rd & Bird! has been created in photo-puppetry animation—a original style of animation created by Little Airplane Productions. The show has been written and researched with expertise from both Britain and America, led by the …

Last July, Nickelodeon tapped Jules Borkent to fill a newly created global acquisitions position. Headquartered in New York, Borkent, who first joined Nickelodeon Europe more than a decade ago, oversees buying for the U.S. and international feeds of the kids’ …

Currently a columnist for Vanity Fair and founder of the news aggregating website Newser.com, Michael Wolff has been covering the media business for decades. For his latest book, The Man Who Owns The News, a biography of Rupert Murdoch, the …

CHANNEL: Baraem TV COUNTRY: Qatar LAUNCH DATE: January 16, 2009 OWNERSHIP: Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development DISTRIBUTION: Baraem broadcasts as a free-to-air channel off Arabsat, Nilesat and Hotbird, reaching across the Middle East and Europe. DESCRIPTION: Funded …

April 2009   Can you remember who said this? “I don’t have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It’s a depression. Everybody’s out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a …

LOS ANGELES: TLC’s summer schedule kicks off on Memorial Day with a week of new series launches and the return of Jon & Kate Plus 8 and What Not to Wear.  On May 25 at 9 p.m., the hit series …