World Screen

NEW YORK/MIAMI, December 5: CaribeVisión Holdings has completed its purchase of the broadcast stations in New York, Miami and Puerto Rico that make up its Hispanic-targeted CaribeVisión network, for $60 million. The stations involved in these transactions include: WPXO in …

LONDON, December 5: BabyTV, a 24-hour commercial-free network targeted at infants and toddlers under the age of 3, has inked 19 new carriage agreements throughout Latin America, boosting its subscriber base to more than 1 million in the region. The …

NEW YORK, December 5: Verizon has rolled out high-definition video on demand in many of its FiOS TV markets throughout the U.S., with plans to increase its HD VOD titles to more than 1,000 in 2008. HD VOD is now …

NEW YORK, December 5: Bravo in the U.S. has greenlit a new reality pilot tentatively titled Hey Bitches, starring web personality William Sledd. Produced by Realand Productions for NBCU Domestic Television Distribution and Bravo, the pilot will feature Sledd as …

BURBANK, December 5: NBC has announced that Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent will return to its lineup on Wednesdays, beginning in early January. The 18th season of Law & Order will kick off with a two-hour …

PARIS, December 5: The BBC, the National Film Board of Canada, the Korean Broadcasting Commission and Ogilvy Interactive have issued a call for submissions of new-media content ideas as part of the Content 360 pitching competition for MIPTV featuring MILIA …

ATHENS, December 5: According to a report released by the Peabody Awards, “television is in a state of transition and confusion,” with narrowcast niche channels and the Internet fragmenting once-massive viewing audiences. The report is drawn from the inaugural University …

LONDON, December 5: The IPTV service BT Vision in the U.K. is working with Hiro Media to supply free feature film downloads, featuring un-skippable ads, to its users. British consumers will be able to access Mischief Night, Played and The …

MUMBAI, December 5: UTV Software Communications has called off plans with Malaysia’s Astro for launch of a joint-venture channel in India targeted at young adults, according to local reports. UTV and Astro inked an alliance towards the end of last …

LONDON, December 5: Britain’s High Court has ruled that the BBC’s director-general, Mark Thompson, cannot be sued for blasphemy over the pubcaster’s controversial Jerry Springer—The Opera in 2005. Stephen Green of the Christian Voice group had been seeking to sue …