World Screen

SINGAPORE, July 30: A 2006 ruling by the Media Development Authority of Singapore, which stated that exclusive pay-TV carriage deals are not anti-competitive, has been upheld by the island nation’s Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA), Lee Boon …

ENGLEWOOD/LONDON, July 30: Liberty Global is considering a bid for British cable platform Virgin Media, according to comments made by the company’s chairman, John Malone, to the Financial Times. Liberty Global is already the leading cable operator in Europe, operating …

LONDON, July 30: A new report from ZenithOptimedia predicts that television advertising will stabilize in the U.K. this year and is set to begin growing again in 2008, albeit at a modest 2 percent per year. The latest edition of …

April 2007 Back in 2004, Blake and Jason Krikorian, two brothers with years of experience in convergence technologies, founded Sling Media, with the aim of empowering consumers in the digital world. Sling Media’s first product, the Slingbox, has literally transformed …

April 2007 By Anna Carugati From his very first film, Brooklyn Bridge, in 1981, Ken Burns established himself as one of the world’s foremost documentary filmmakers. He fostered his signature style using original prints and photographs, and produced an impressive …

April 2007 On the hunt for the next breakout hit, kids’ producers and distributors are having to ask themselves if gender matters. By Kate Clarke Is it better to produce a show that appeals to girls, or one that attracts …

World Screen Weekly, July 26, 2007 CEO Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) PriceWaterhouseCoopers, in a recent study, estimated that the Asia-Pacific entertainment and media market will hit $470 billion in 2011, with an average 9.6 percent annual …

TV Kids Weekly, July 24, 2007 ORIGIN: Vitaminix is based on an original idea created by Vicky Prenafeta and Juan Linares. Good parents worry about what their kids are eating more than ever now, and that’s why a show like …

World Screen Weekly, July 26, 2007 COUNTRY: U.S. LAUNCH DATE: October 1996; relaunched on June 20, 2007 OWNERSHIP: Hubbard Media Group and a group of other private investors that includes Arcadia Investment Partners, Corporate Partners II, Perry Capital and The …

NEW YORK, July 27: Michele Grant has been named executive VP of news and sport at BBC Worldwide America as the company looks to build the presence of BBC News in the U.S. market. In this newly created role, Grant …