World Screen

ATLANTA, October 23: CNN Worldwide will make its four-hour high-definition documentary Planet in Peril, about threats to the world’s environment, available in its entirety through various digital platforms and services, including the iTunes Store, Netflix and Amazon.com. Planet in Peril …

REDMOND, October 23: Microsoft Corp. has expanded its selection of family-oriented programming on Xbox LIVE with the addition of more than 100 new episodes of popular TV shows from Warner Bros. Entertainment and Nickelodeon. Starting today, Warner Bros. offers, for …

NEW YORK, October 23: Bravo is set to roll out its newest competition reality series, Make Me A Supermodel, hosted by supermodels Niki Taylor and Tyson Beckford, in the first quarter of 2008. Produced by Tiger Aspect Productions and based …

LONDON/TEL AVIV, October 23: MTV Networks International’s (MTVNI) Emerging Markets group, in partnership with Israeli television and digital media organization Ananey Communications, has revealed plans to launch MTV Israel this month as a free, on-demand video-enabled, Hebrew-language Internet service. Located …

PARIS, October 23: Reed MIDEM has announced that some 90 television, music and digital content companies have indicated their intention to attend Amazia, an Asian business-to-business exhibition and conference event that is slated to take place at the Hong Kong …

MADRID, October 23: Six companies, including Mediapro, the producer and distributor that owns a stake in La Sexta, have teamed for a pay-TV trial on digital terrestrial television in Spain. The pilot is set to take place in the village …

STOCKHOLM, October 23: Modern Times Group’s (MTG) revenues for the third quarter rose 15 percent to SEK 2.6 billion ($404.8 million), while profit was up just 1 percent to SEK 292 million ($45.2 million). For the quarter, Viasat Broadcasting’s revenues …

BURBANK, October 23: CBS has axed Viva Laughlin, an adaptation of the BBC’s Viva Blackpool, after just two episodes, with plans to fill the Sunday 8 p.m. time slot with the 12th season of the Emmy Award-winning The Amazing Race. …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, October 23: CBS News employees who are members of the Writers Guild of America are set to hold a strike authorization vote on November 15, after working under an expired contract since April 2005. According to a …

LONDON, October 23: NBC Universal has finalized its acquisition of Sparrowhawk Holdings from Providence Equity Partners, 3i and management shareholders, giving it control of the Hallmark Channels outside of the U.S. Regulatory approvals have been received for the transaction, which …