World Screen

BEIJING, October 16: As part of the ongoing Singapore Season China 2007, a cultural diplomacy initiative, Chinese and Singaporean companies have forged agreements worth at least S$33.4 million ($22.7 million). In all, 17 media-related government, business and academic agreements are …

LONDON, October 16: IMG Media’s Darlow Smithson Productions has been commissioned by BBC One to produce the drama series The Diary of Anne Frank for a prime-time slot. The 5×30-minute series features stories of the days before her family and …

NEW YORK, October 16: Verizon has launched two new channels on Verizon FiOS TV—A&E HD and the new FOX Business Network. A&E HD and FOX Business Network are the latest additions to FiOS TV Premier, a package of more than …

LONDON/DUBAI, October 16: MTV Networks International (MTVNI) and Arab Media Group (AMG) are expanding the terms of their long-term partnership with plans to launch Nickelodeon Arabia, a localized, Arabic-language free-to-air channel dedicated exclusively to kids across the Middle East. Nickelodeon …

CINCINNATI, October 16: The E. W. Scripps Company’s board of directors has elected to split the entity into two publicly traded companies, one focused on its lifestyle media brands and the other on its print businesses and local TV stations. …

SAN BRUNO, October 16: YouTube has launched its much-anticipated fingerprinting technology to remove copyrighted content from the popular video sharing site. Google-owned YouTube has come under intense pressure from content owners frustrated with pirated TV shows and movies making their …

October 2007 In the ’60s, the American television landscape was dominated by the three broadcast networks. The multichannel world was decades away and cable television served only to physically transport the signals of ABC, CBS and NBC and a few …

October 2007 By Peter Caranicas History is full of irony. Back in 1993, Howard Stringer warned of the dangers that “the future world of 500 channels” would pose for television. Speaking at the National Association of Broadcasters convention, he warned …

LOS ANGELES, October 15: Fox Television Studios has made three key hires for its programming department: Pancho Mansfield, Diego Suarez and Karyn Smith. Pancho Mansfield has been named senior VP of programming, after serving as executive VP and head of …

NEW YORK/MALIBU, October 15: Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products has granted the master toy license for SpongeBob SquarePants to JAKKS Pacific, who will create toys and related products based on the hit Nickelodeon animated series, for launch in 2008. JAKKS …