World Screen

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 28: David Marash, a leading American anchor on Al Jazeera English, has left the international news network, according to the New York Times, citing concerns about the level of editorial control exerted from the Doha, Qatar, headquarters. …

BRUSSELS/BEIJING, March 28: Amid calls from some European leaders for boycotts of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games this summer, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is said to be reaching out to Chinese authorities over censorship …

LONDON, March 27: UKTV’s controller, Matthew Littleford, has undertaken a restructuring of the company’s commissioning department, resulting in the creation of two new director of commissioning posts and three new commissioning editor posts. Under the revised structure, the two new …

LOS ANGELES, March 27: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) has named Cale Boyter its executive VP of production, marking the first senior hire for the company’s newly appointed Worldwide Motion Picture Group’s chairperson, Mary Parent. Boyter most recently served as New Line’s …

MONTREAL, March 27: Interactive entertainment company Ludia has rolled out a new downloadable game based on the game show The Price Is Right. The Price Is Right downloadable game will be available for PCs for $19.99 on major downloadable game …

BUENOS AIRES, March 27: Silvana D’Angelo’s new outfit, The Latin Flower Company, has formed a distribution alliance with Invento, the joint venture between Teleset and FremantleMedia. The novelas due to be covered under the agreement are still to be decided, …

NEW YORK, March 27: AETN International will head to MIPTV with more than 380 new hours of non-fiction programming and an expanded catalogue of short-form content. In documentary specials, the company is offering Life After People, which debuted in the …

LOS ANGELES, March 27: MarVista Entertainment will debut 22 new half-hour episodes of the live-action kids’ reality series Prank Patrol at MIPTV, following YTV’s decision to renew the show for a fourth season. Now totaling 100 episodes, Prank Patrol is …

HILVERSUM, March 27: Endemol International has unveiled a diverse slate for this year’s MIPTV that spans formats, documentaries, factual-entertainment series, reality shows, dramas and digital content. The company has added five new factual-entertainment series to its roster for MIPTV, including …

NEW YORK, March 27: ¡Sorpresa!, Juniper Content Corporation’s Hispanic children’s network, has acquired seven new programs for its second-quarter lineup, including Lola and Virginia, targeted at 6- to 11-year-olds, and the teen-skewing Erky Perky. Sorpresa!’s new lineup features animated series …