World Screen

SYDNEY, July 9: The History Channel U.K., TV2 Norway and TV4 Fakta Sweden and Finland have all picked up the HD series Jetstream from Beyond Distribution, which launched the factual property at MIPTV. The show chronicles the trials of eight …

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 9: U.S. cable outlet AmericanLife TV Network is featuring the original 1960s Batman series this month in the run-up to the release of the much anticipated new feature film with Christian Bale and Heath Ledger, The Dark …

MIAMI, July 9: Televisa International is offering up two productions from the Argentinean producer Pol-Ka: My Love for You (Por amor a vos) and Nobody’s Women I (Mujeres de nadie I). My Love for You is a 230×1-hour novela focused …

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 9: A new special for National Geographic Channel chronicling four months in the lives of gang members in South Central, Los Angeles, is slated to air this month. L.A. Gang Wars will air at 9 p.m. on …

LONDON, July 9: Laurence Dawkin-Jones is leaving UKTV to serve as the U.K. managing director of NBC Universal’s global networks division, starting in the fall. In this newly created position based in London, Dawkin-Jones will be responsible for setting the …

LONDON, July 9: Bruce Steinberg, the former CEO of HIT Entertainment, has been appointed as the non-executive chairman of Bragster.com, an online community devoted to “bragging and daring”. The move follows Bragster receiving a financial injection from Intel Capital and …

ATLANTA, July 9: Mark Lazarus, who left his role as president of Turner Entertainment Group after a management restructure in January of this year, has joined Career Sports & Entertainment (CS&E), an Atlanta-based agency. Lazarus joins the firm as its …

NEW YORK, July 8: The average American spent 127 hours and 15 minutes watching TV at home in May of this year, a 4-percent increase on last year, while time spent watching time-shifted TV was up 56 percent to 5 …

LOS ANGELES, July 8: Mark Burnett has reportedly been hit with a lawsuit brought by his former partner, Conrad Riggs, who is claiming some $70 million in damages. Burnett and Riggs have been working together since the ‘90s, bringing Survivor …

LONDON, July 8: For the year ending March 31, 2008, BBC Worldwide reported a 17-percent increase in operating profit to £117.7 million, on revenues that were 13-percent higher at £916.3 million. The commercial arm of the British pubcaster also reported …