World Screen

STUDIO CITY, February 22: Golden Globe- and Emmy Award-nominee Jacqueline Bisset will star in An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving, a Hallmark Channel original movie slated for release this November. The film, based on a classic tale by Little Women author Louisa …

LOS ANGELES, February 22: Lifetime Television has ordered production on a new original movie, Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal, starring Academy Award-winner Tatum O’Neal, among others. Scheduled to premiere this summer on Lifetime, the new movie is based on …

SINGAPORE, February 22: Discovery Networks Asia has teamed up with publisher Reader’s Digest Asia for the launch of Discovery Channel Magazine, which is now available at newsstands across Asia. Published bi-monthly, the family-targeted Discovery Channel Magazine features concise articles and …

LOS ANGELES, February 22: Veteran media executive Dean Valentine has unveiled a new interactive comedy website that is promising to house the largest jokes database on the Internet, as well as a slate of original stand-up comedy performances. Valentine says …

NEW YORK, February 22: HBO Documentary Films has acquired the U.S. pay-TV rights for the Academy Award-nominated film Taxi to the Dark Side, which will debut on the premium network in September. Written, directed and produced by Alex Gibney, Taxi …

LONDON/AMSTERDAM, February 22: Reed Elsevier has announced its intention to sell off its B2B magazine publishing business, which includes some 400 titles, including Variety. Reed announced the move yesterday following its acquisition of ChoicePoint, a provider of consumer insurance information, …

CANNES, February 22: David de Rothschild, Kevin Wall and Yann Arthus-Bertrand have been tapped to participate in a series of eco-friendly debates and events during Green Day on April 7 at the 45th MIPTV featuring MILIA. De Rothschild, a British …

PARIS, February 22: France 24’s CEO, Alain de Pouzilhac, has been tapped by President Nicolas Sarkozy to lead a new entity that will oversee all of the French government’s international TV and radio outlets. De Pouzilhac will oversee the formation …

NEW YORK, February 22: News Corporation has raised its stake in German pay-TV giant Premiere from 14.58 percent to 19.9 percent. News Corp. acquired the initial 14.58 percent interest from Unity Media last month. “We’re looking forward to working constructively …

LONDON, February 21: Lion Television has appointed former Channel 4 commissioning editor Simon Welton as its senior entertainment executive. Welton’s production credits including series editing and executive producing Big Brother, Soccer Aid, The Games and The Match. He started his …