World Screen

MOSCOW, June 24: Anton Kudryashov has been appointed as the new CEO of Russia’s CTC Media, succeeding Alexander Rodnyansky, who will remain in his role as president of the company. Kudryashov’s appointment is effective August 4. He was previously an …

SILVER SPRING, June 24: A host of content from Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC and other Discovery Communications-owned networks will be available on DVD at more than 2,500 Blockbuster stores across the U.S., the two companies announced today. Blockbuster will …

BURBANK, June 24: Several ABC series, including Lost and Grey’s Anatomy, and short-form online video content from ESPN.com are now available to Veoh Networks’ more than 28 million broadband users. Delivered via ABC.com's broadband player, episodes of Lost, Desperate Housewives, …

NICOSIA, June 24: HBO has teamed up with Israel’s Jasmine Group to launch a subscription video-on-demand service on Cyprus’s PrimeTV. PrimeTV is operated by Cyprus’s biggest privately owned telco, PrimeTel, the first company in this market to offer triple-play services. …

NEW YORK, June 24: Licensing International Expo’s final event in New York this month—it moves to Las Vegas in 2009—attracted some 25,000 executives from 82 countries, on par with 2007’s record attendance. The annual convention for the licensing and merchandising …

NEW YORK, June 24: Beginning this weekend, veteran NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw will take over as moderator of Meet the Press for the remainder of the 2008 presidential campaign, following the sudden death of Tim Russert on June 13. …

NEW YORK, June 24: ImaginAsian TV (iaTV), a U.S.-based network dedicated to Asian pop culture, will showcase a range of original comedy, reality, anime and mixed martial arts programming in its 2008/09 prime-time schedule, including series and movies from Sony …

LOS ANGELES, June 24: Fox Reality Channel will launch a new celebrity competition series, Gimme My Reality Show!, on October 11, directly following the 2008 Fox Reality Channel Really Awards. The series features celebrity reality stars competing in a variety …

SÃO PAULO, June 24: Globo TV International has licensed the comedy series The Cleaning Lady to Malaysia’s Media Prima Berhad, which operates the country’s leading terrestrial network, TV3, as well as 8TV, ntv7 and TV9. Globo has been ramping up …

OTTAWA, June 24: Russian Film Company has acquired all TV and DVD rights for 39 half hours of The Secret World of Benjamin Bear from Amberwood Entertainment for Russia and the CIS. The series was commissioned by Canada’s Family Channel, …