World Screen

SINGAPORE, The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) has announced that the Singaporean government will invest S$250 million ($163 million) to help sustain the growth momentum of its media sector amidst the economic downturn.

NYON: UEFA has chosen Fox Sports Latin America’s pay channels, instead of keeping ESPN, as its broadcast partner in Central and Latin America. Fox now has the rights to the Champions League and the Europa League—the re-branded UEFA Cup—for the …

NEW YORK: The non-profit organization, Sesame Workshop, has reduced its workforce by 20 percent because of economic pressures caused by the recession. “After careful review, we have concluded that we will have to operate with fewer resources in order to …

LOS ANGELES, March 12: Mental, the first international co-production from Fox Television Studios (FtvS) and Fox International Channels, is slated to air this summer on FOX, as well as 35 additional countries following its U.S. debut.

LONDON: The U.K. government set out plans for the country’s media services and will maintain the current rules preventing product placement in programs made by and for British broadcasters. The government also called on the U.K. video-on-demand industry to help …

BOSTON: Digital television subscriptions broke through the 100 million household mark in 2008, according to new data from Strategy Analytics. The report, Western Europe Digital Television Forecast, 1H’09 estimates that Western Europe added 17 million net new digital households in …

LUXEMBOURG: The RTL Group released its financial results for 2008. Profits dropped to 194 million euros, compared to 563 million euros in 2007, due mainly to an impairment of goodwill of the U.K. broadcaster Five, amounting to 337 million euros. …

SANTA MONICA: Talks have halted between financier Carl Icahn and Lionsgate regarding his request to replace three board members, after Icahn refused to stop accumulating stock in the independent film and TV studio. The failure to reach an amicable agreement …

President & CEO CABLEready While CABLEready has undergone a tremendous amount of growth over recent years—with a catalogue of factual series stocked to meet the varying needs of buyers around the world—its president and CEO, Gary Lico, remains firm on …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Communications has appointed Doug Baker to the position of senior VP and chief financial officer for Discovery Networks International. Reporting directly to Greg Ricca, the president and CEO of Discovery Networks International, Baker will be responsible for …