World Screen

LONDON, December 21: Next year, BBC One will debut I’d Do Anything, a new Saturday night talent competition show that searches for the next stars of the British musical Oliver! I’d Do Anything will be hosted by Graham Norton, who …

SAN DIEGO, December 21: WealthTV, a lifestyle and entertainment cable channel, has lodged a carriage agreement complaint against Time Warner Cable (TWC) with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The complaint alleges that the cable giant had unlawfully discriminated against WealthTV …

LOS ANGELES, December 21: Just a few days since announcing its refusal to grant a waiver to the Golden Globe Awards, the Writers Guild of America has said that it will allow its members to work for the Independent Spirit …

TORONTO, December 21: The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has approved the acquisition of Alliance Atlantis’s broadcasting assets by CanWest Global Communications Corp. “We are satisfied that this transaction meets the requirements for Canadian control both in law and …

PARIS, December 21: The private-equity firm The Carlyle Group has joined Cinven and Altice as a shareholder of French cable platform Numericable, taking a 35-percent stake for a reported 1 billion euros. Numericable, whose high-speed network covers close to 10 …

HILVERSUM, December 20: Endemol’s Daniel Lew is stepping down as executive director of operations for Latin America, following the restructuring of the company’s activities in the region. Lew joined Endemol in 2001 as CEO and minority shareholder of Endemol Interactive …

LOS ANGELES, December 20: BabyFirstTV will debut My Gym At Home, a children’s fitness series created for babies, toddlers and their parents, on January 5, 2008. Monique and her team of instructors host the series, which brings fun-filled exercises and …

HALLANDALE, December 20: Frecuencia Latina International has sold the JC Films series My Problem with Women to three new territories in Latin America, boosting the number of countries in which the show is aired in to more than 20. My …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO, December 20: Oasis International has shored up a number of sales on its HD feature film Celine, an unauthorized biography of famed Canadian pop singer Celine Dion. Launched at MIPCOM in October, the feature-length movie has been sold …

LONDON, December 20: The male-skewing British channel Dave, re-launched from UKTV G2 in October, has inked a three-year agreement with International Sportsworld Communicators (ISC) for the U.K. broadcast rights to the World Rally Championships (WRC). The agreement brings the WRC, …