World Screen

LONDON, November 10: Advertising revenues on the U.K.'s main free-TV commercial channels—ITV1, Channel 4 and Five—will drop 7 percent in 2009, according to a new report from ZenithOptimedia. Their offshoot digital channels, however, are expected to buck the economic downturn …

NEW YORK, November 10: Law & Order: Criminal Intent's new cast member, Jeff Goldblum, and Law & Order veteran Sam Waterston will be on hand at the 2008 International Emmys to present the Founders Award to Dick Wolf. The two …

LONDON/LOS ANGELES, November 10: FremantleMedia has clinched a deal with YouTube that will see it offering up two different strands of programming on the site, while MGM will become the first Hollywood studio to feature full-length movies on the video …

SAN JOSE, November 10: The number of global IPTV subscribers will hit 89.6 million in 2012, up from 20.4 million this year, according to Multimedia Research Group's latest IPTV Global Forecast. Driving this growth are continued investments on the part …

LOS ANGELES, November 10: FOX has announced the premiere dates of new and returning series for its midseason lineup, including the kick off of the eighth season of American Idol with a two-night, four-hour event. 24 also returns to FOX …

NEW YORK, November 10: Reporting higher revenues for the third quarter, 4Kids Entertainment also announced the settlement of its litigation with FOX, with a deal that sees the run of 4Kids TV on the broadcast network ending at the end …

NEW YORK, November 10: The HBO Films and BBC co-production House of Saddam, a mini-series about the life of the deposed Iraqi dictator, is set to premiere on HBO on December 7. Parts one and two will air Sunday, December …

SYDNEY, November 10: TEN in Australia has unveiled its 2009 lineup, which features a host of international series, including Merlin and Life on Mars, as well as new and returning Australian fare. TEN has also picked up the live and …

BURBANK, November 10: NBC has picked up nine additional episodes of its sophomore drama Life, giving the series a full-season order for 2008-09. From Rand Ravich (The Astronaut's Wife) and Far Shariat (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind), Life focuses on …

SYDNEY, November 10: Australia's ABC TV has a raft of new programming set to hit the air in 2009, including John Safran's Race Relations, Project NEXT and ten brand-new episodes of The Chaser's War on Everything. The eight-part series John …