World Screen

LONDON, July 31: UKTV Food has taken on several new shows, including FremantleMedia’s Kylie Kwong: My China. In an exclusive deal with FME, UKTV Food has acquired nine half-hour episodes of Kylie Kwong: My China. The series follows the Australian …

LOS ANGELES, July 31: Spike TV has ordered ten 30-minute episodes of 1000 Ways to Die, which originally aired as a two-part special in May, to be executive produced by Thom Beers. The series, scheduled to premiere this fall, showcases …

TORONTO, July 31: W Network in Canada, Corus Entertainment’s female-skewing specialty channel, has added a host of expert-based lifestyle programming, movies and a nationwide talent search to its schedule of new and returning series for the fall. Every Tuesday and …

TORONTO/LONDON, July 31: DECODE Entertainment has been commissioned to produce a third season of The Latest Buzz, while seasons one and two have scored new broadcast partners, including Cartoon Network Latin America. The new season of the live-action teen series …

LOS ANGELES, July 31: TLC will add a new property show to its slate of real-life programming with the premiere of Hope for Your Home on August 9. During the half-hour episodes, the show’s host, real-estate expert Kirsten Kemp Becker …

HONG KONG, July 31: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has inked an exclusive deal with animation outfit ZAC Toons to distribute mobile content for five of its cartoon properties to Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and India. The five …

KUALA LUMPUR, July 31: The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) has teamed up with the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) for a broadcast initiative to cover news from the International AIDS Conference, which will be held in Mexico City from August 3 …

TOKYO, July 30: First quarter net income at Sony Corporation dropped 47.4 percent to 35 billion yen ($323 million), on flat revenues of 1.98 trillion yen ($18.3 billion), dragged down in part by its Sony Ericsson mobile phone business. Sony …

PHILADELPHIA, July 30: Comcast Corporation posted an 11-percent rise in revenues to $8.5 billion for the second quarter, while net income gained 8 percent to $632 million. "We delivered solid results in the second quarter of 2008, highlighting the strength …

NEW YORK, July 30: While revenues were up 21 percent to $3.86 billion, Viacom has reported a 6-percent fall in second-quarter profit to $407 million, compared to the year-ago period. Operating income, meanwhile, increased 13 percent on the year-ago period …