World Screen

April 2008 WS: What sparked the idea for Lipstick Jungle? BUSHNELL: I started writing it at 44 and all the women I had as friends who were inspiration for Sex and the City—single women in their 30s—were now in their …

April 2008 It’s been more than a decade since the Asian economic crisis crippled acquisition budgets across the region. And while license fees in all territories are, on average, still lower than most distributors would like them to be, broadcasters …

World Screen Weekly, May 15, 2008 Chairman and CEO Canadian programming appears to be experiencing somewhat of a renaissance. Already established as major exporters of content to the international market, Canadian producers have received a bit of a boost as …

World Screen Weekly, May 15, 2008 COUNTRY: U.S. LAUNCH DATE: January 2006 DISTRIBUTION: Reaches more than 21 million homes on DISH Network, including a number of broadcast stations across the U.S. DESCRIPTION: A 24-hour pay-TV network devoted to independent documentaries …

TV Kids Weekly, May 13, 2008 ORIGIN: An original idea from Iginio Straffi, the chairman and CEO of Rainbow SpA. DISTRIBUTORS: M4e—German-speaking Europe; Upper Deck—English-speaking Europe, U.S., Latin America, the Pacific and the Middle East; Rainbow—Rest of Europe and Southeast …

NEW YORK, May 16: Entertainment Rights has named Fabian Milburn to the role of senior VP of business affairs for North America and global digital, effective immediately. Milburn will be based in the company’s North American headquarters in New York, …

LONDON, May 16: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has appointed Martin Adams, the former managing director of Clear Vision, as the business development director for home entertainment. Adams will be responsible for developing new business through existing and future channels, along with …

MOSCOW, May 16: CTC Media has named former Channel 1+1 executive Vladimir Kartashkov as the general director of DTV Group. With more than 12 years of television broadcasting experience, Kartashkov was most recently responsible for news, social and political broadcasting …

LONDON, May 16: UKTV Style has commissioned a new format, Ty’s Big British Adventure, which sees Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’s Ty Pennington set out to transform the Cornish coastal town of Portreath. Produced by Twofour, the five-part series will follow …

SINGAPORE, May 16: TRACE, an international TV channel dedicated to urban music and culture, will be available exclusively on SingTel’s pay-TV platform mio TV in Singapore, starting this Saturday, May 17. This marks the rollout of Singapore’s first urban music …