World Screen

HONG KONG, December 12: Disney-ABC International Television's Mark Chan is heading to BBC Worldwide to fill the newly created role of regional sales and business development director for digital media and formats in Asia. Chan's remit is to expand the …

LONDON, December 12: Karen Vermeulen has been named director of program distribution for the U.K. and Ireland for Disney-ABC-ESPN Television. She reports to Catherine Powell, the senior VP of program sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (North). Vermeulen …

December 2008 MTV was one of the first international channel brands to stake its claim in Asia’s pay-TV landscape. And it learned early on that the key to connecting with Asian youth was in delivering international fare with a healthy …

LONDON, December 11: The BBC has proposed a range of partnerships with other public service broadcasters that could deliver more than £120 million per year by 2014, including sharing the iPlayer. The partnership plans, made as part of the BBC’s …

HOLLYWOOD, December 11: HBO once again led the pack of nominees for the annual Golden Globes with 22 nods, including In Treatment and True Blood facing off in the drama category, while on the theatrical side, The Curious Case of …

LOS ANGELES, December 11: The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has plans to send out its strike authorization ballots to more than 100,000 union members on January 2, which means a possible strike would not affect the Golden Globes. A potential …

SINGAPORE, December 11: At the ATF, the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) announced an alliance with the Korea IT International Cooperation Agency (KIICA), and unveiled the first two projects from its tie-up with Australia's ScreenWest. KIICA has been appointed …

NEW YORK, December 11: At the UBS conference yesterday, CBS chief Leslie Moonves addressed analysts and investors with a positive assessment of broadcast television, saying that "the model ain't broken." "You can still make a lot of money in network …

SINGAPORE, December 11: ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has signed deals with three broadcasters to make events from the International Cricket Council (ICC) available across Pakistan, Canada and the U.S. from 2009 to 2011. Pakistan Television Network (PTN) acquired the terrestrial …

LONDON, December 11: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has sold more than 400 hours of programming to Australian pay-TV service FOXTEL, including a host of recently launched shows alongside returning series. America's Toughest Jobs from BermanBraun and Original Productions was included in …