World Screen

Börnicke spoke to World Screen before his resignation in September 2008. After its launch, in 1991, Premiere experienced some difficult times establishing its presence in the extremely crowded German TV landscape, one with more than 30 free-TV channels plus two very …

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO, September 10: Programming from the NBC Universal bouquet of networks has returned to the iTunes Store with a flexible pricing model in which consumers can opt to pay a higher price for content in high definition. NBC …

LONDON/SYDNEY, September 10: FremantleMedia has picked up a 19.99-percent equity stake in the Australian producer and distributor Beyond International for an undisclosed sum. Beyond, led by managing director Mikael Borglund, has built up a significant business in North America, with …

PORT WASHINGTON, September 10: Revenues from toy sales worldwide hit some $72 billion in 2007, the NPD Group has revealed, with a projection of $86.3 billion by 2010. The strong growth estimates come amid a slowdown in the U.S. economy …

SAN FRANCISCO, September 10: Verizon Wireless has ramped up the content offerings on its V CAST mobile service, including making available full-length TV episodes from MTV Networks and NBC Universal. The MTV Networks deal includes a broad selection of titles …

LONDON, September 10: Former ITV chief Charles Allen has joined Virgin Media’s board of directors, as has U.S. cable veteran John Rigsby. Allen was in the news earlier this week when Goldman Sachs Capital Partners tapped him as an advisor, …

MEXICO CITY, September 10: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and Televisa have struck a deal that will see WWE RAW available on Galavision Canal 9 in Mexico. WWE RAW will air on Sunday afternoons beginning October 5, available to Galavision Canal …

MUNICH, September 10: Beat Your Host!, which just premiered in Sweden with a 39.5-percent market share, is headed to France in a format deal between SevenOne International and TF1. The market-leading French broadcaster is slated to air its own version …

NEW YORK, September 10: Production is under way in New York on the ten-episode second season of HBO’s comedy series Flight of the Conchords, slated to launch in early 2009. The series stars the New Zealand music-comedy duo Jemaine Clement …

LONDON, September 10: Danny Dyer’s Deadliest Men, a new 8×1-hour documentary series for Bravo in the U.K., will look into the lives of some of the most notorious and feared men in Britain today. The series features a mix of …