World Screen

SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON, October 1: The Independent Television Service (ITVS), which funds, presents and promotes documentaries on American public television and cable-TV outlets, has announced the Global Perspectives Project, which aims to bring factual films from independent producers from around the …

STOCKHOLM/BRUSSELS, October 1: Zodiak Television has reached a deal to acquire 100 percent of the shares in the Belgian and Dutch production firm Kanakna. The move aims to bolster Zodiak’s presence in Benelux and other markets in continental Europe. “This …

LONDON, October 1: Sky has unveiled plans for Picnic, which will offer British consumers a bundled service consisting of broadband access, telephony and digital terrestrial television. The television offering will provide Sky Sports 1, Sky Movies and Sky One. The …

LONDON, October 1: According to ZenithOptimedia, television’s share of the global ad market will rise to a record 38.2 percent in 2008, thanks to the Olympic Games in Beijing. Ad revenues in total next year will rise to $477.9 billion, …

TV Kids Weekly, September 25, 2007 ORIGIN: More than 60 years old, Casper, the perennial ambassador of Halloween and the world’s friendliest ghost, has already spawned a Steven Spielberg blockbuster (Casper in 1995), thousands of comic books, 100 TV episodes, …

World Screen Weekly, September 27, 2007 Chairman & Co-CEO Shaftesbury Films Launched in 1987, Shaftesbury Films has become one of Canada’s leading production houses. The company was founded by Christina Jennings, who says she has always been led by her …

World Screen Weekly, September 27, 2007 Two hundred and twenty buyers from 39 countries gathered in the seaside town of Biarritz earlier this month for TV France International’s annual Rendez-Vous. At this year’s event, acquisitions executives had the opportunity to …

World Screen Weekly, September 27, 2007 Television has entered a new era of channel abundance, offering the promise of high-definition images, large plasma screens and even 3-D TV. Television as we know it will soon be swallowed up by the …

LONDON, September 28: BBC Worldwide’s Digital Delivery team, the recently launched online unit of the BBC’s commercial arm, has announced a series of new appointments. The new team, formed in May as a central resource for all of BBC Worldwide’s …

NORWALK, September 28: CABLEready has picked up the exclusive multiplatform U.S. and international distribution rights from The New York Times for its signature TimesTalks interview series. CABLEready plans to offer up 34 one-hour episodes of the series, filmed in 2006 …