World Screen

LOS ANGELES, July 12: Among a host of announcements made at the Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour today, HBO unveiled plans for a new comedy series, executive produced by Simon Fuller, featuring Matt Lucas and David Walliams, the stars …

CARACAS, July 12: Venezuelan terrestrial broadcaster RCTV, which was forced off the air by President Hugo Chávez, plans to launch on several cable and satellite platforms in the country, chief executive Marcel Granier has said. Speaking at a news conference, …

LOS ANGELES, July 12: MySpace announced today that it is outperforming all other social networking sites, having crossed the 70 million active monthly user mark in the U.S.; nearly one in four Americans used the News Corporation-owned site last month, …

LONDON, July 11: Tiger Aspect Productions has announced two new appointments to its factual programming division, and has named a new executive producer in its drama department. Ricky Kelehar has been appointed director of factual entertainment and Gary Chippington will …

KNOXVILLE, July 11: After serving as the senior VP of Scripps Networks Interactive, Beth Higbee is taking on a new role with the company as senior VP and general manager of Emerging Ventures. Higbee will focus on the creation of …

LONDON, July 11: Ahead of the launch of the fourth season of The X Factor on ITV in the U.K., FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has lined up a host of new licensees for the show. ScentUps UK has been licensed rights …

TORONTO, July 11: The Canadian multi-faith and multicultural broadcaster VisionTV is set to broadcast the complete first season of the comedy series Little Mosque on the Prairie, beginning August 6 at 9 p.m. The first season of eight half-hour episodes …

NEW YORK, July 11: With limited carriage in the U.S. on Cablevision and Verizon’s FiOS TV, BBC World News is embarking on a new advertising campaign to create awareness of the global news network stateside. The consumer marketing campaign launched …

HO CHI MINH CITY, July 11: At a seminar in Vietnam co-organized by the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA), the industry association hailed the gains made in that market, but stressed that regulations needed to be put …

SINGAPORE, July 11: Mark Burnett Productions has partnered with Singaporean company Imagine OmniMedia to produce a version of the U.S. reality boxing series The Contender in Singapore, to be broadcast on the AXN network throughout Asia from October. Entitled The …