World Screen

SINGAPORE, December 10: The Asia TV Forum (ATF) opened in Singapore today in a new venue, with organizer Reed Exhibitions hailing a 15-percent increase in attendance. Almost 700 participating companies are on hand from 50 countries, with a total of …

COLOGNE, December 10: Thomas Ebeling, the former head of pharmaceutical company Novartis Consumer Health, will take over as CEO of ProSiebenSat.1, replacing Guillaume de Posch, who is stepping down at the end of the year. The group's CFO, Axel Salzmann, …

ALVISO, December 10: TiVo's latest addition to its suite of interactive ad solutions will enable advertisers to place targeted product messages within the pause screen of a live or time-shifted program. The new Pause Menu is designed to grab the …

SINGAPORE, December 10: At the Asia TV Forum, the Singaporean government unveiled plans for Mediapolis, which will house soundstages, production and broadcast facilities, work spaces, accommodation and more, as the island nation continues to position itself as the region's media …

NEW YORK, December 10: Netflix shares have jumped more than 10 percent today, following reports of a "remarkably strong quarter" for the online movie rental giant from CFO Barry McCarthy at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference in New …

BERLIN, December 10: RTL Group has acquired a 66.6-percent stake in the Alpha Media Group, Greece's third-largest broadcaster. RTL Group and Dimitris Contominas, the current owner of Alpha Media Group, have named Rick Spinner as the new CEO of Alpha …

LOS ANGELES, December 10: Monetizing the convergence of programming, advertising and emerging media will be the focus of the 2009 National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) Market & Conference, held January 26 to 29 at the Mandalay Bay Resort …

LONDON, December 10: Filming has begun in South Africa, Mozambique and Prague on The Philanthropist, the first commission for Carnival Films from their new parent company, NBC Universal. The series, starring James Purefoy (Rome), is an eight-part drama for NBC …

BURBANK, December 10: Disney Channel has ordered a second season of Imagination Movers, a Playhouse Disney series that features a New Orleans alternative rock band for preschoolers. The production of 26 new episodes will resume in New Orleans in spring …

NEW YORK, December 10: FOX Business Network (FBN) is launching on Cox Communications to more than 2 million digital subscribers across the U.S., beginning January 1. The new deal takes FBN's total distribution to 45 million homes, making the network …