World Screen

World Screen Weekly, December 4, 2008 CHANNEL: STAR World COUNTRIES: STAR World is available in Asia and the Middle East, in markets including Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan. LAUNCH DATE: April 1997 OWNERSHIP: STAR Group …

TV Kids Weekly, December 2, 2008 Creator, WordGirl Using media in a positive way was what motivated Dorothea Gillim to leave teaching, because she wanted to have an even greater impact on children.
Television and movies are replete with superheroes, but …

TV Real Weekly, December 3, 2008 Executive VP, Content National Geographic Channels International Imagine if you could go on a spaceship to the edge of the universe. What would it look like? What would you see? National Geographic Channels International’s …

MADRID, December 5: Vivendi has confirmed that it is in talks with Telefonica about a possible partnership to acquire Prisa's Spanish pay-TV platform Digital+. Prisa indicated, however, that it has received other offers. The company put the pay-TV platform up …

NEW YORK, December 5: Magna has issued its latest on-demand quarterly report, citing an expected 52.3 million U.S. households, or 44 percent, to have a digital video recorder by the end of 2014. The Magna report indicates that over the …

LONDON, December 5: ITV is re-branding its online catch-up TV service as ITV Player, coming 18 months after its initial launch. The player allows customers to watch a selection of ITV shows online for 30 days after their initial broadcast. …

NEW YORK, December 5: Scott Sassa has been named president of Hearst Entertainment & Syndication, overseeing the company's financial stakes in ESPN, Lifetime, A&E and History Channel, as well as its TV production and distribution arms, newspaper syndication and merchandise …

LOS ANGELES, December 5: Showtime Networks has secured an exclusive output deal to air up to 42 films from Summit Entertainment that will be released theatrically between 2008 and 2012, including all titles from the hit Twilight franchise. Other titles …

NEW YORK, December 5: TV Land's prime-time programming block, TV Land PRIME, will feature a second season of the reality series High School Reunion, along with the debut of the new elimination dating series The Cougar. Beginning December 8, TV …

LONDON, December 5: Production is under way on a third season of The Street, an ITV production created by Jimmy McGovern, to air on BBC One. The Street follows the lives of different residents of one street in Manchester. Timothy …