World Screen

LONDON, November 19: Current, a youth-targeted news and information network, has launched Current.com in the U.K. The site, an extension of Current’s linear television channel, offers an array of features with which users can interact with the linear network. In …

LOS ANGELES, November 19: Freshman ABC drama Dirty Sexy Money has been picked up for a full-season order, with Lolita Davidovich joining the cast in a recurring role. Davidovich will play a hospital administrator and potential love interest for Donald …

LOS ANGELES, November 19: Unhappy with their arrangement at Paramount, DreamWorks’ Steven Spielberg and David Geffen have been talking to executives at NBC Universal (NBCU). While these talks are in the very early stages, they could lead to DreamWorks moving …

LONDON, November 19: Following a Public Value Test, the BBC Trust has given its approval to the BBC’s proposal for the U.K.’s first free-to-air, mixed-genre high-definition television channel, BBC HD. BBC HD will launch on digital terrestrial television, including Freeview, …

LOS ANGELES, November 19: Although writers remain on strike, The Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP) will resume talks on November 26. No other details regarding the return to the bargaining …

October 2007 By Anna Carugati Power is a leading European independent producer and distri­butor of high-quality, high-budget mini-series and TV movies. It is renowned for lavish productions with international casts, such as Henry VIII, which won an International Emmy award; …

October 2007 By Mansha Daswani Indian feature films have been increasingly popping up in the top-20 lists of box-office releases in the U.K. and the U.S. The Hindi-language movie business, dubbed Bollywood, has expanded well beyond the subcontinent, with a …

October 2007 Greg Ricca joined Discovery Communications earlier this year when the company’s new president and CEO, David Zaslav, was undertaking a broad restructuring of the group’s operations. Ricca, who spent 20 years at Viacom building the global MTV franchise, …

October 2007 Harry and Francine are pretty typical kids. Nine-year-old Harry begrudgingly goes to school. Rather than do homework, he would prefer to watch TV or play video games. He doesn’t watch shows only on TV, or play his games …

October 2007 Spain has become one of the most dynamic TV markets in the world. Over the last few years, its TV landscape has drastically changed, moving from one dominated by terrestrial broadcasters to one with a burgeoning multichannel environment. …