World Screen

ARLINGTON, November 26: In time for the Thanksgiving holiday, a range of new episodes from hit programs are set to air on PBS KIDS, including the one-hour Sesame Workshop special Abby in Wonderland, while PBS KIDS GO! will feature new …

BUENOS AIRES, November 26: High Mountain, a teen telenovela distributed by Flor Latina Entertainment Group, will feature an international cast with stars from Colombia, Argentina and Spain. Santiago Bernal (Colombia), Virginia Da Cunha (Argentina), Nataly Perez (Argentina), Jordi Mestre (Spain), …

LONDON, November 26: Contender Entertainment Group has sold the puppet- and animation-based kids' show It's a Big Big World into four new territories. The show has now secured slots on DR in Denmark, YLE in Finland, Canal+ Cyfrowy in Poland …

TOKYO, November 26: Yoshinori Imai, the VP of NHK, has been elected as the new president of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). NHK's former president Genichi Hashimoto resigned in January, and ABU president's post has been vacant since then. "I …

HONG KONG, November 26: STAR has named Cindy Chang as senior VP of advertising sales and distribution for STAR Taiwan, effective December 1. Chang will oversee STAR's advertising and distribution activities for all of Taiwan, and will report to STAR …

October 2008 I recently spoke at Medienforum 2008, organized by LfM and held in Cologne, Germany, answering the following question: “Do you think the value of the media has changed in American society, since the old times of William Randolph …

NEW YORK, November 25: British shows dominated the International Emmys, picking up wins in seven out of the ten categories, including a sweep on the performance side, while Argentina and Jordan both scored first-time wins. Argentina won for Television Por …

NEW YORK, November 25: Americans are spending more time than ever with their televisions, computers and mobile phones, with TV remaining the dominant screen, watched more than 142 hours a month, according to newly released data from The Nielsen Company's …

MILAN, November 25: Fininvest, Silvio Berlusconi's family holding company, raised its investment in the German pay-TV operator Premiere to 3.13 percent, up from 3 percent. Fininvest started investing in Premiere a year ago. Sources maintain the investment is not strategic …

LOS ANGELES, November 25: Following FOX's terminated deal with 4Kids Entertainment, the network has closed down its Saturday-morning block of cartoons, and has agreed to sell part of its schedule to producers of infomercials. The New York Times reports that …