World Screen

JAKARTA: The first-ever Indonesia Broadcasting Summit, organized by research firm Media Partners Asia and supported by the Ministry of Communication Information Technology and Komisi Penyiaran Indonesia, will take place May 4 in Jakarta. “Indonesia has emerged as one of the fastest-growing media …

TORONTO: E1 Entertainment, 990 Multi Media Entertainment Company and Jonsworth Productions have started principal photography on the CTV/CBS original Canadian drama series The Bridge. The series was originally commissioned as a two-hour movie of the week and back-door pilot by …

TORONTO: The National Film Board of Canada is making a documentary film based on acclaimed Canadian author Margaret Atwood’s 2008 nonfiction book Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth. "This is a brilliant book on a timely subject by one of …

SANTA MONICA: NBC and MTV have entered into a programming partnership for Granada America’s new I‘m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!, with MTV set to air weekly marathons of the show following the NBC broadcast, as well as never-before-seen footage and real-time commentary. …

STOCKHOLM: Jonas Eriksson takes over from former CEO Per Borgklint at C More Entertainment/Canal + in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. Prior to the appointment, Eriksson served as VP for Bonnier Broadcasting & Entertainment. He is a board member at …

LONDON: MTV Networks International has signed a host of deals in Central and Eastern Europe for programs from the Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and MTV portfolios. The fourth and fifth seasons of the scripted reality show The Hills went to Albania’s …

NEW YORK: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) is working with @radical.media and the Mark Gordon Company on a table tennis tournament and lifestyle event, with Anheuser-Busch’s Bud Light on board as presenting sponsor and broadcast slated for ESPN in September. Hardbat Classic will bring together …

TORONTO: Brown Johnson, the president of animation for Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group, will wrap up the inaugural Kids & Animation Day at the Banff World Television Festival with a keynote address on June 9. The Kids & Animation Day …

SÃO PAULO: A number of comedy and drama series from Globo TV International are heading to channels in Argentina, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru. Argentina’s Channel 7 went for City of Men (Cidade de Homens). Already a …

NEW YORK: Hearst Corporation has increased its bid for the remaining stake in Hearst-Argyle Television it doesn’t already own from $4.00 per share to $4.50. The new offer represents a 12.5-percent increase over the original proposed offer price of $4.00 per share, …