World Screen

NEW YORK, September 18: Sundance Channel has secured the international rights for Isabella Rossellini’s Green Porno short films, which are now available to viewers outside the U.S. on the network’s website. Additionally, the network has syndicated two of the short …

ENGLEWOOD, September 17: At Discovery Holding Company’s (DHC) annual meeting, shareholders approved a series of measures that will see Discovery Communications becoming a publicly held company, owning 100 percent of Discovery and Animal Planet. DHC will combine its stake in …

MADRID, September 17: Spanish terrestrial broadcaster Telecinco is among the companies that have indicated an interest in acquiring the pay-TV platform Digital+ from Prisa, press reports indicate. Prisa is said to have received non-binding “indications of interest” from several companies, …

NEW YORK, September 17: Advertising expenditures in India will rise 20 percent this year to $5.6 billion and 19 percent next year to $6.6 billion, according to GroupM’s This Year, Next Year: India Media Forecasts. "India is clearly set to …

NEW YORK, September 17: More than 300 TV executives took part in the International Academy Day in Rio de Janeiro last week, a three-day networking event inaugurated by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The event was organized by …

LONDON, September 17: Paul Jackson, the director of entertainment and comedy at ITV, is leaving the British broadcaster at the end of the year. Jackson joined ITV in 2006 after serving as chief executive of Granada America. He previously spent …

HONG KONG, September 17: Huaso Film/Television Digital Production Company, a joint venture of Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) and China Film Group, is set to launch its first drama series, The Game, on CCTV8 on September 22 at 7:30 p.m. …

SEATTLE, September 17: The 500 new online stores launched by Amazon.com are each dedicated to a different customer-favorite TV series, providing everything from cast interviews to VOD viewing in one targeted destination. The new stores will serve as a one-stop …

HONG KONG/AUCKLAND, September 17: Disney-ABC International Television Asia Pacific has completed a deal to make a selection of ad-supported U.S. network series available on New Zealand broadcaster TVNZ’s catch-up TV service. These series will be available for 28 days on …

NEW YORK, September 17: Nickelodeon Kids and Family Group will go off the air and offline across all its TV properties and related web platforms on September 27 for its Worldwide Day of Play. This marks the first time that …