World Screen

TORONTO, March 14: The Banff World Television Festival (BWTVF) and nextMEDIA have confirmed Malcolm Wall, the CEO of the content division for Virgin Media, to deliver the keynote at this year’s Banff/nextMEDIA Crossover event, taking place June 8. Wall joined …

SINGAPORE, March 14: ESPN STAR Sports is launching live telecasts of the Formula One Grand Prix 2008 season, beginning with the ING Australian Grand Prix this month. The channel will air all 18 races, culminating with the Brazil Grand Prix …

TOKYO, March 14: New deals have been inked for Sanrio Digital’s The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends, produced together with Dream Cortex and distributed by Typhoon. The first episodes were broadcast in early February on TVB Jade in Hong …

LONDON, March 14: KidsCo, the children’s channel owned by NBC Universal, DIC Entertainment and Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana Enterprises, is gearing up for a March 20 launch in the Philippines, South Korea, Singapore and Palau. The channel recently secured carriage deals …

NEW YORK, March 14: Little Airplane Productions, the creator of popular preschool shows such as Nick Jr.’s The Wonder Pets!, Playhouse Disney’s Go, Baby! and NOGGIN’s Oobi!, has opened a new studio in London, its first base outside the U.S. …

SÃO PAULO, March 14: Record TV Network has announced the creation of Record Entertainment, a new division to create, develop and execute entertainment projects in a range of mediums. Record Entertainment will act in areas such as film, theater, new …

MONTREAL, March 14: In advance of its launch on the international market at MIPTV, Distraction’s scripted comedy format All About Me has been renewed for a third season in Canada. All About Me is a comedy series that combines fiction …

NEW YORK, March 14: On April 8, HBO will premiere The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo, a documentary chronicling the plight of women and girls in the African war zone. Winner of a Special Jury Prize at this year’s …

BURBANK, March 14: The high-stakes competition game show Duel is set to return to ABC Television Network with 10 new episodes beginning April 4 at 9 p.m., with Mike Greenberg reprising his hosting duties. The format combines trivia challenges with …

RESTON, March 14: Digital research firm comScore’s most recent Video Metrix report has revealed that Google’s video-sharing site YouTube accounted for one-third of the 9.8 billion videos viewed online in the U.S. during January. The firm also noted that the …