World Screen

MIAMI, September 15: To celebrate its second year on the air, the pay-TV movie channel VeneMovies is rolling out its signal in Houston, Texas, with a special offering set for Hispanic Heritage Month. VeneMovies, a 24-hour Spanish-language offering launched in …

LONDON/NEW YORK, September 15: Tom Davidson, formerly with SPTI, has been named managing director for The History Channel U.K. and will be responsible for driving the growth of the business. Davidson is charged with directing and managing all brand, programming, …

HONG KONG, September 15: ITV Worldwide continues to staff up its operation in Asia with the appointment of Rashmi Bajpai to the new position of sales executive for India and the subcontinent. Bajpai will be based at ITV Worldwide’s Asia …

TV Kids Weekly, September 9, 2008 Senior VP, Programming Jetix Europe The last year or so has seen a fair bit of restructuring at Jetix Europe, the kids’ service that stretches across almost 60 markets and some 51 million homes …

World Screen Weekly, September 11, 2008 Managing Director ALL3MEDIA International Growing its contacts base is a key goal for ALL3MEDIA International, be that in new media or new territories or with new stations and new buyers. “We’re always on the …

TV Real Weekly, September 10, 2008 Senior VP, International Formats CBS Paramount International Television Now in its 11th cycle, America’s Next Top Model remains one of The CW’s top-performing series. And its longevity in the U.S. is being replicated internationally …

World Screen Weekly, September 11, 2008 COUNTRIES: 55 territories, including the U.K., Ireland, Poland, France and the Middle East LAUNCH DATE: 1999 OWNERSHIP: Extreme Sports Channel is part of Chello Zone, a Liberty Global company DISTRIBUTION: 23.5 million homes DESCRIPTION: …

LOS ANGELES, September 12: A consortium of Hollywood studios, retailers and consumer electronics and IT companies have joined forces to define an industry framework that will allow consumers to play digital media content across a variety of platforms and devices. …

LONDON, September 12: BSkyB has abandoned its plans to launch three pay-TV channels on DTT platform Freeview under the brand name Picnic, British press reports indicate. The decision is reportedly in response to delays in the regulatory process being conducted …

AMSTERDAM, September 12: As IBC opened in the Netherlands today, Akamai Technologies released a new report indicating that 82 percent of European broadcast organizations plan to deliver online content in high definition in the next 12 months. Almost 20 percent …