World Screen

LONDON, December 3: The youth-targeted peer-to-peer news and information network Current has launched a new content affiliate program in partnership with The Guardian in the U.K. and the U.S. news and entertainment website Salon, featuring “vlogs” supplied by journalists and …

MUNICH, December 3: This weekend, the Premiere Star platform added the MTV Entertainment and Nick Premium channels, bringing its offering to a total of 17 networks. MTV Entertainment airs popular MTV shows, including Fist of Zen, Pimp my Ride, Scarred, …

BURBANK, December 3: ABC Family will roll out a new 6×1-hour reality series, titled America’s Prom Queen.   Several high school-aged girls will be selected to compete in a series of weekly challenges and eliminations, as a Prom Committee narrows …

SÃO PAULO, December 3: TV Globo yesterday began airing several of its original productions and news programs in full high definition. The digital initiative kicked off yesterday with Fantastico, followed by the HD broadcast of Pirates of the Caribbean—The Curse …

LONDON, December 3: A new Screen Digest study forecasts that the global mobile TV market will grow to 140 million subscribers and generate revenues of 4.4 billion euros by 2011, with North America to experience the biggest increase. The study, …

LONDON, December 3: Five’s director of programs, Jay Hunt, has been named as the new controller of BBC One, succeeding Peter Fincham, who stepped down in October. Hunt joined Five this year after serving as the controller of daytime and …

LONDON/LOS ANGELES, December 3: Shine Productions, the British outfit headed up by Elisabeth Murdoch, is set to shell out a reported $200 million for Los Angeles-based Reveille Productions. According to the Financial Times, the Shine/Reveille merger is in the final …

RESTON, December 3: According to a new report from research firm comScore, Google’s YouTube continues to rank as the top U.S. online video property, drawing the most unique video viewers and most videos viewed for the month of September. Google …

LAS VEGAS/NEW YORK, December 3: The heads of the U.S. Hispanic broadcasters Univision and Telemundo will take part at NATPE 2008, each in separate conversations with Anna Carugati, the executive VP and group editorial director of WSN INC., the publishing …

BURBANK, December 3: NBC has reportedly reached a deal for a prime-time programming block featuring unscripted content from Original Productions’ Thom Beers, whose credits include Discovery Channel’s popular Deadliest Catch. According to the New York Times, NBC will air at …