World Screen

ADELAIDE, November 15: Speaking at the News Corporation shareholders meeting in Adelaide, Australia, CEO Rupert Murdoch sent a double message, at once waxing optimistic about the financial prospects of his company, but also expressing pessimism about the long-term profitability of …

ATLANTA, November 15: In its biggest expansion of news operations since it was founded 27 years ago, CNN will invest an estimated $10 million to raise the number of its correspondents worldwide and build up its international newsgathering operations by …

STOCKHOLM, November 14: Following the recent acquisitions of production companies Kanakna and Bullseye TV, Zodiak Television has announced organizational changes in all four of its regions—Continental Europe, West, East and Nordic. The acquisition of the Benelux production company Kanakna secured …

NEW YORK, November 14: The NBC Owned-and-Operated Stations Group has been renamed the NBC Local Media Division, and has announced two key leadership appointments within the unit. The new name NBC Local Media Division reflects the group's mission to be …

NORWALK, November 14: CABLEready has secured the exclusive worldwide rights outside of the U.S. to the Weather Channel series Epic Conditions and the TV Guide Network series Celebrity Says!, for debut at the Asia Television Forum this month. Epic Conditions, …

TORONTO, November 14: Peace Arch Entertainment has acquired all the worldwide distribution rights to the thriller Devil’s Mercy. Currently in post-production, the film stars Stephen Rea (V For Vendetta, The Crying Game) and Deborah Valente (Resident Evil: Apocalypse), and centers …

MAINZ, November 14: German broadcaster ZDF’s production The Killing has received an International Emmy nomination for best drama series. The winner of the award for best drama series will be announced at the 35th International Emmy Awards Gala on November …

NEW YORK/EL SEGUNDO, November 14: Beginning today, the Hispanic network V-me is now available on DIRECTV’s basic and Spanish channel services in the U.S. Carriage on DIRECTV adds 11 million homes to V-me’s distribution. V-me now reaches more than 36 …

DOHA, November 14: Al Jazeera English, the English-language news and current affairs channel based in the Middle East, celebrates its one-year anniversary tomorrow with expanded distribution to more than 100 million homes around the world. The channel, with broadcast centers …

NEW YORK/SEATTLE, November 14: HIT Entertainment has selected thePlatform, a broadband publishing company, to manage the back-end video platform for its branded web channels and the syndication of its children's videos to other websites around the world. thePlatform launched video …