World Screen

SINGAPORE/HONG KONG, November 20: Actress Lucy Liu, star of the new ABC series Cashmere Mafia, will present Traffic: An MTV EXIT Special, a documentary on human trafficking that premieres in Singapore today. The documentary is aimed at raising awareness and …

NEW YORK, November 20: CBS members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) voted to authorize a strike, after working without a contract for two years. About 81 percent of the nearly 300 CBS members of the WGA voted for …

NORWALK, November 20: CABLEready has closed a number of deals in Europe and Asia for factual programming, including It Could Happen Tomorrow, Perfect War and Brat Camp China. In Europe, CABLEready secured deals for Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege & Justice …

NEW YORK, November 20: At a Gala held last night at the Hilton in New York, the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences unveiled the winners of the 35th International Emmy Awards, with British programming capturing trophies in seven …

NEW YORK, November 19: HIT Entertainment has appointed Gary Krakower as its new senior VP of business development for North America, effective immediately. Based in HIT’s New York office, Krakower will be responsible for growth in the area of live …

LONDON, November 19: Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution (Fox) has extended its licensing agreement with Programs4Africa (P4A), which will serve as its representative in English-speaking sub-Saharan Africa, excluding South Africa, for an additional two years. P4A, a program sales company …

SYDNEY, November 19: BBC Worldwide has licensed the rights for a local version of the British motoring show Top Gear to Australian terrestrial network SBS. This is the first global deal for a local version of Top Gear. Freehand Productions, …

PARIS, November 19: French cinema chain Circuit George Raymond (CGR) and Arts Alliance Media (AAM) have reached an exclusive agreement for the deployment of digital cinema in 100 percent of CGR’s 400 screens throughout France. The rollout is scheduled to …

LOS ANGELES, November 19: After acquiring the rights to remake the 1960s sitcom Green Acres, Richard L. Bare, who directed all 168 episodes of the original series, believes the ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike will increase demand for …

LONDON, November 19: BBC has named Karen O’Connor as the head of London factual, a post recently established as part of the pubcaster’s Delivering Creative Future plan. As head of London factual production, O’Connor will be responsible for the development …