World Screen

NEW YORK, December 20: According to the results of a new TNS survey, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike has caused no impact on the viewing habits of 74 percent of Americans, with only 22 percent of Americans watching …

LONDON, December 20: British regulator Ofcom has levied two fines, totaling £1.5 million, against Channel 4 for call-in irregularities on Richard and Judy and Deal or No Deal. The £1 million fine for Richard and Judy was levied for breaches …

MEXICO CITY/HIALEAH, December 20: TV Azteca and Telemundo Network Group have settled “multiple pending lawsuits” following a dispute that began in 2005. “Intellectual property is the cornerstone of the television business in any part of the world, and we see …

LONDON, December 20: The U.K.’s Competition Commission has said that BSkyB should cut its stake in ITV from 17.9 percent to under 7.5 percent in order to alleviate the regulator’s concerns about the satellite platform having excessive influence over the …

LUXEMBOURG, December 20: Bertelsmann said today that it will not go ahead with a public offer for the remaining 10 percent it doesn’t already own in the RTL Group. Announcing the decision, Bertelsmann said there was “insufficient certainty” that the …

DUNEDIN, December 19: Factual television producer NHNZ has promoted Lauren Wang to director of China operations, replacing Rachel Yu. Based out of the Beijing office, Wang will help oversee efforts to develop and maintain relationships with government agencies and broadcasters. …

NEW YORK, December 19: Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group has promoted Samantha Greene Woodruff to VP of strategy and business development from her role as senior director. Woodruff will support senior management in the development of long-range strategy plans for …

Barcelona, December 19: Following the Asia TV Forum, production and distribution company Neptuno Films has finalized sales of its two new series, The Gloops and Zoomix, to C4U in Korea. The Gloops is a 3-D animated preschool series that has …

NEW YORK, December 19: Nick Jr. has ordered a second season of 20 new episodes of its live-action preschool music series Yo Gabba Gabba! from producers The Magic Store and W!ILDBRAIN. Production for the second season will commence in spring …

NEW YORK, December 19: Lorber HT Digital has launched a new U.S. DVD label, Alive Mind, which will focus on specialty documentary programming in the areas of enlightened consciousness, secular spirituality, cultural change and the frontiers of science. Alive Mind’s …