World Screen

MIAMI, June 5: As part of its new strategy to localize the company, Viacom-owned MTV Networks Latin America (MTVNLA) has announced a number of new executive appointments for MTV and VH1 Latin America’s programming and production teams. In line with …

OTTAWA, June 5: Amberwood Entertainment has been commissioned by YTV in Canada to produce RollBots, a new 3-D animated action-comedy series targeted at kids aged 6-11. The new series will initially be comprised of 26 half hours, and will commence …

NEW YORK, June 5: Spike Lee plans to return to New Orleans to follow up on the stories that were told in his four-hour Peabody Award winning HBO documentary When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, about the …

LONDON, June 5: BSkyB’s pay-TV entertainment channel Sky One has secured the exclusive rights to the series Prison Break from rival terrestrial broadcaster Five, for premiere this fall. Sky One beat out Five for the rights to the third season …

LONDON, June 5: Despite pleas from Prince William and Prince Harry not to broadcast pictures of the car crash that caused their mother’s death, Channel 4 will air Diana: The Witnesses in the Tunnel as planned on Wednesday night at …

MIAMI, June 5: In an effort to reduce clutter for its advertisers, Telemundo, the Spanish-language network serving the U.S. Hispanic market, will reformat its prime-time advertising breaks in order to introduce its new Power Pod, which makes the first commercial …

MEXICO CITY, June 5: Mexico’s Televisa has expanded its influence in China by inking a deal with the Chinese government to make localized versions of its telenovelas and other programs such as the reality show Dancing for a Dream. Since …

NEW YORK, June 5: Mike Volpi, previously with Cisco Systems, has been appointed the new CEO of the Internet TV platform Joost, succeeding the company’s founding CEO Fredrik de Wahl, effective immediately. Wahl will remain at Joost as chief strategy …

LOS ANGELES/MEXICO CITY, June 5: Carlos Sandoval, the managing director of content acquisitions at Mexican media giant Televisa, offers World Screen Newsflash his view of the new shows presented at the L.A. Screenings. Sandoval was quite bullish about the shows …

BURBANK, June 5: In another move to revamp NBC Universal’s TV entertainment operations, Katherine Pope has been appointed president of NBC Universal Television Studio. Pope replaces Angela Bromstad, who, according to The New York Times, is expected to be assigned …