World Screen

HILVERSUM, June 30: Endemol is launching a new company in Turkey to produce formats in the region, scoring its first commission through Show TV for a local version of the obstacle-course format Wipeout. Endemol Turkey will be based in Istanbul …

LONDON, June 30: Virgin Media Television (VMtv), in collaboration with Two Way Media, will launch a new 24-hour interactive gaming channel, Challenge Jackpot, on July 1, available on digital TV via interactive television and online. The channel will allow viewers …

MUNICH, June 30: SevenOne International has sold the Spanish prime-time program El Sexómetro (The Sexometer) to producers in France and Belgium and a channel in Central Europe. El Sexómetro  was picked up by Endemol in France and Ded’s it in …

SILVER SPRING, June 30: A second season of ten new episodes of the medical reality series Mystery ER will debut on Discovery Health on July 14 at 8 p.m. Each episode of Mystery ER follows the real journey of a …

HARRINGTON PARK, June 30: Janson Media’s one-hour HD documentary special Ice Island, which explores the impact of global warming by examining an Antarctic iceberg, is now available for TV, DVD/video, VOD and new-media markets worldwide. Ice Island follows a team …

LONDON, June 30: Bulldog Licensing has added Panini to the growing slate of licensees for Animation Collective’s Thumb Wrestling Federation: TWF. Panini will create collectible stickers and sticker albums based on the show’s characters. The collection is set to launch …

LONDON/MUNICH, June 30: To support the integration of its channel- and program-distribution teams, Disney-ABC International Television has changed its name to Disney-ABC-ESPN Television in EMEA and Canada, and has made two executive appointments. Carsten Fink has been named as the …

VILNIUS, June 30: Laura Blazeviciute has been named as the acting CEO of TV3, Tango-TV and Power Hit Radio in Lithuania, with the company’s current CEO, Ramunas Saucikovas, leaving in July. Currently the COO, Blazeviciute has held the positions of …

TV Kids Weekly, June 24, 2008 ORIGIN: The series was created by the Korean company OCON Inc., the creators of Pororo the Little Penguin. DISTRIBUTORS: Dutch distributor and licensing agency Telescreen BV represents all media rights, including TV, DVD, VOD, …

April 2008 John Reith, the founder of the BBC, believed that broadcasting should be a public service that enriched the intellectual and cultural life of the people of the U.K. He established the famous trinity of aims the broadcaster should …