World Screen

LONDON, March 13: The BBC is trying to locate the whereabouts of its Gaza correspondent, Alan Johnston, who has gone missing, the broadcaster said today. "We are working closely with the Palestinian authorities and others to establish the facts surrounding …

NEW YORK, March 13: CBS Corporation has reduced executive chairman Sumner Redstone’s salary from $1.75 million to $1 million, and his deferred compensation, presently $1.3 million per year, will be eliminated. In addition, Redstone’s target cash bonus under CBS's short-term …

NEW YORK, March 13: Viacom is seeking more than $1 billion in damages from Google and YouTube as part of a copyright infringement suit announced today. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New …

SYDNEY, March 12: Screentime has appointed Peter Gawler as its head of drama development, reporting to Greg Haddrick, the head of drama at the Australian television production company. Gawler has won five AWGIE Awards and has been nominated for several …

TORONTO, March 12: Toronto-based S-VOX, whose services include the multi-faith, multicultural broadcaster VisionTV, has announced that its COO and GM, Mark Prasuhn will assume the company’s programming responsibilities on an interim basis following the retirement of Chris Johnson. Johnson's retirement …

LONDON, March 12: BBC Worldwide has appointed Ben Hall to the newly created role of head of creative in the Content & Production business at BBC Worldwide, effective immediately. In this new role, Hall will work alongside Gareth Williams, the …

SYDNEY, March 12: Miranda Dear has been tapped as the new head of drama at ABC TV in Australia, after joining the broadcaster in August 2005 and co-executive producing titles like The Silence. Since joining ABC TV, Dear has also …

HONG KONG, March 12: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has promoted Todd Miller to executive VP and managing director in Asia, reporting to Michael Grindon, the president of SPTI. In his new role, based in Hong Kong, Miller will be …

MUNICH, March 12: SevenOne International has clinched a deal for its science magazine Galileo to launch in Russia on STS. The ProSieben show will be adapted for the Russian channel by Berlin-based Victoria Production, which acquired 30 episodes and more …

SILVER SPRING, March 12: Animal Planet, in partnership with Oxford Scientific Films, has begun production on the 13×30-minute third season of the series Meerkat Manor, which follows a family of meerkats in Africa. The third season, launching later this year, …