World Screen

LOS ANGELES, June 26: Fox International Channels is ramping up its Spanish-language activities with the acquisitions of a 51-percent stake in Bogotá-based production outfit Telecolombia and 100 percent of the online ad network ClickDiario. Telecolombia will be renamed Fox Telecolombia …

LONDON, June 26: British media regulator Ofcom will conduct a public consultation on proposals from BSkyB to replace its free channels with pay-TV services on the Freeview DTT platform. In February, Sky announced plans to launch a subscription service on …

LONDON, June 26: The members of the BBC Direction Group, consisting of the pubcaster’s most senior executives, have waived their annual bonuses for the 2006/2007 period, totaling about £350,000 ($700,000). Director-General Mark Thompson said in a statement: "Overall this has …

LONDON, June 26: British broadcaster Five has been hit with a £300,000 ($600,000) fine by regulator Ofcom over the daytime game show Brainteaser, which on several occasions announced fake names as winners or had production staff pose as winners. News …

LUXEMBOURG/HILVERSUM, June 26: RTL Group has reached a deal to acquire from John de Mol’s Talpa Media the Radio 538 station as well as a collection of TV assets, including Dutch soccer broadcasting rights. The deal announced earlier today sees …

TV Kids Weekly, June 19, 2007 ORIGIN: The series is based on an original idea by Cris Morena. CREATORS: Cris Morena Group/RGB Entertainment in a co-production with Dori Media Group. TV SHOW: Floricienta is a live-action youth-oriented telenovela that has …

TORONTO, June 25: Sara Morton has been named as the new CEO of The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television (ACCT), following the resignation of Maria Topolovich, who held the position for more than 25 years. Morton will take up …

LOS ANGELES, June 25: Program Partners has cleared the Canadian teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation in more than 85 percent of the U.S. market for a fall syndication launch in September. The series has recently been added to 33 …

NEW YORK, June 25: The PBS science series NOVA has picked up Engel Entertainment’s feature-length documentary A Walk to Beautiful, for a U.S. premiere in 2008. This marks Engel Entertainment’s first broadcast deal for A Walk to Beautiful, which premiered …

PARIS, June 25: TV France International (TVFI) will host a total of 32 companies at its umbrella stand at the 18th annual Sunny Side of the Doc in La Rochelle, France, from June 26 through June 29. The companies participating …