World Screen

LAS VEGAS, January 29: Jeff Zucker, the president and CEO of NBC Universal, delivered the opening keynote as NATPE kicked off in Las Vegas today, calling for a “reengineering of our business from top to bottom.” Beginning his address, Zucker …

SYDNEY, January 29: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has appointed Barbara Uecker as the head of programming and acquisitions, and Carla de Jong as the commissioning and development editor. Uecker most recently served as the head of family, education and nature …

NEW YORK, January 29: Frances Berwick has been named to the newly created position of general manager of Bravo Media, with expanded responsibilities to include the creative vision and direction for the American cable network. Berwick previously held the post …

LONDON, January 29: On behalf of British distributor 3DD, MoMedia International has licensed 200 hours of 3DD’s music programming to Telekom Slovenije’s IPTV service in Slovenia. The agreement covers music content like A Little Later… With Jools Holland, London Live …

GENEVA, January 29: The music VOD service i-concerts has finalized a deal to launch its HDTV channel on French cable platform Numericable this spring. The 24-hour music channel, produced exclusively in high definition, will make its debut to European cable …

PALISADES PARK/LAS VEGAS, January 29: Alfred Haber Distribution, Inc. (AHDI) has secured a number of sales for Nash Entertainment’s reality series Most Daring, including the U.K., Australia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. AHDI launched the show at the week’s …

RIO DE JANEIRO, January 29: Globo TV Sports has inked a deal to distribute a package of Brazilian football programming via the Internet and mobile to 51 countries throughout Europe. Under the deal, the 82 games from the Brazilian Magic …

NEW YORK, January 28: MTV Networks Germany has signed a cooperation agreement to promote FunkySexyCool, the global mobile social community for 18-34 year olds, across Germany, Switzerland and Austria on its TV, web and mobile networks. MTVN and FunkySexyCool have …

SAN FRANCISCO, January 29: VIZ Media will roll out a 52-episode second season of its hit supernatural action-based animated series Bleach on March 1 on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim block. Bleach is based on a best-selling manga graphic novel of …

LOS ANGELES/PALO ALTO, January 29: Endemol USA is producing an interactive online game show featuring nightclub and bar patrons for Metacafe, a video entertainment site that reaches more than 28 million unique viewers each month. Buzzed, a new online late-night …