World Screen

HAMILTON, April 25: Central European Media Enterprises has announced a raft of new local productions as it looks to further strengthen its position in the Central and Eastern European broadcasting landscape. “One of CME’s massive strengths is in the success …

LOS ANGELES, April 25: Mark Burnett is working with MySpace on a new reality show, Independent, which sets out to find the next great politician in the U.S. The online, offline, on-air multimedia campaign is expected to launch in early …

LOS ANGELES, April 25: E! Networks is set to launch in Canada in an alliance with CanWest MediaWorks, which will rebrand its over-the-air CH Network as E! on September 1. This marks the first time that E! will be delivered …

LOS ANGELES, April 25: Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman, the creative team behind HBO’s 2001 epic mini-series Band of Brothers, are set to begin work on The Pacific, a new World War II mini-series for the pay-TV service. …

LOS ANGELES, April 25: Sony Pictures Entertainment has issued a statement against news reports about bootleg copies of Spider-Man 3 being sold in China, with the studio stating that its own investigation “has revealed no case of the film being …

NEW YORK, April 25: FOX’s House and ABC’s Lost showed the greatest audience gains in digital video recorder playback within seven days of the initial linear broadcast, according to The Nielsen Company’s first look at the most "timeshifted" broadcast network …

BURBANK, April 24: DIC Entertainment has appointed Gray Davis, former Governor of California, as a non-executive director on its Board of Directors. The announcement was made by Andy Heyward, the chairman and CEO of DIC. Governor Davis joins other veteran …

CULVER CITY, April 24: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has promoted Marie Jacobson to executive VP of programming and production for its international networks. Based in Culver City, Jacobson—who was promoted from her position as the senior VP of programming …

LOS ANGELES, April 24: Ken DuBow, previously with First Look Studios, has been appointed president of worldwide distribution at PorchLight Entertainment. DuBow debuted in his new position at MIPTV last week, handling the international distribution of new properties such as …

BURBANK/LONDON, April 24: Steve Aranguren has been named as VP of global original programming at Disney Channel Worldwide, reporting to Gary Marsh, the president of entertainment at Disney Channel Worldwide, and John Hardie, the executive VP and managing director of …