World Screen

SYDNEY, December 8: The Australian platform FOXTEL has secured the exclusive first-run rights for a raft of U.S. series from Warner Bros., including Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, for its owned-and-operated channels. Under the terms of the deal, Channel Nine …

NEW YORK, December 8: NBC News' chief White House correspondent David Gregory will take over as host of Meet the Press, following the passing of the show's long-time moderator Tim Russert. "I've thought a lot about what it means to …

LONDON, December 8: Target Entertainment Group has sold the DVD rights to Kudos Film and Television's The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard to Mico in Japan and STV Productions' detective series Rebus to Living Media in India. Target also signed a deal …

LONDON, December 8: Parthenon Kids has closed a number of new deals, including RTV Slovenia picking up a package of titles from S4C International. Hana's Helpline has been scooped up by Synapse in Brazil, Hakka TV in Thailand and RTV …

NEW YORK/LONDON, December 8: Smithsonian Channel and British indie Skyworks are teaming up to produce Aerial America, a new HD series that looks at each of the 50 states from a "birds eye view." In 50 hour-long programs, Aerial America …

PHILADELPHIA, December 8: On Christmas Eve, PBS KIDS Sprout will feature an 11-hour block of sleep-focused programming, showcasing Nina, the host of The Good Night Show, and her puppet Star asleep on set. The "Snooze-A-Thon" will also feature clips of …

LONDON, December 8: RDF Kids & Family's Mister Maker has been notching up successful ratings in Latin America on Discovery Kids. Mister Maker airs seven days a week in both Spanish and Portuguese on Discovery Kids, which reaches 21 million …

December 2008 What a difference a decade can make. It was only about ten years ago when Asia was left battered by its own financial storm, and yet today the region is looking vibrant amid the economies of other media …

December 2008 The offices of the Media Development Authority (MDA) of Singapore were consolidated at one location this year, in a complex named Fusionopolis. The government-backed initiative was set up as a central hub for Singapore’s science, technology and media …

World Screen Weekly, December 4, 2008 Marketing, Sales & Digital Media
Shaftesbury Films Determined to deliver its high-quality filmed entertainment to consumers on whatever platform they may be using, Shaftesbury Films has been making an aggressive push into the world of …