World Screen

NEW YORK, July 10: Sumner Redstone, the executive chairman of Viacom and CBS Corporation, has reportedly said that his daughter Shari Redstone is no longer the heir-apparent to take over the family media empire, according to The New York Times. …

LOS ANGELES, July 10: The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) has stepped up its pressure on the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), telling the union that if its last offer is not accepted by August 15, the proposed …

LONDON, July 10: Advertising giant WPP Group has made a hostile takeover offer for U.K.-based Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS), just over a month after the British research firm announced plans to merge with Germany’s GfK to create the world’s second-largest …

LONDON, July 10: Top Up TV, which provides premium content on the British DTT service Freeview, has added Warner Bros.’s branded VOD service, delivering series such as ER and Smallville, among others, to its slate of offerings. The deal with …

LONDON, July 10: BBC Worldwide has reached an agreement to provide clips from a range of its natural history, travel and other factual shows to the Internet TV platform Babelgum. The deal, part of BBC Worldwide’s efforts to ramp up …

LONDON, July 10: UKTV has revealed the names of its rebranded and restructured entertainment services: Watch, GOLD and Alibi, which are all set to launch October 2. Watch, previously UKTV Gold +1, will serve as a linear catch-up service for …

BEVERLY HILLS, July 10: This summer, Animal Planet in the U.S. will air an eight-part series documenting the life of Timothy Treadwell—the subject of Werner Herzog’s acclaimed documentary Grizzly Man—in the decade before his death in 2003 in Alaska. For …

LONDON, July 10: MTV Networks International (MTVNI) today added to its suite of channels in Central and Eastern Europe with the launch of Nickelodeon Poland on Vectra, UPC, Aster and Multimedia, among other platforms. The TV rollout coincided with the …

NEW YORK, July 10: IMG Sports Media has been appointed as the exclusive global media rights agent for the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) beginning in 2011. The Bowl Championship Series is a five-game arrangement for post-season college football, involving the …

LONDON, July 10: Virgin Media Television has consolidated the acquisitions activities for its various brands under the leadership of Amy Barham, adding Bravo, Challenge and Trouble to her remit. Barham is now head of acquisitions for Virgin Media Television, following …