World Screen

LONDON, February 23: Five is seeking to appoint a director of programs, reporting directly to Lisa Opie, the broadcaster’s managing director of content, as part of a restructure of its programming team. The broadcaster is also recruiting a new head …

OTTAWA, February 23: The Canadian Film & Television Production Association (CFTPA) has released a new study showing a decline in the production volume and budgets for kids’ programming out of Canada. The study, The Case for Kids Programming: Children’s and …

NEW YORK, February 23: Nine U.S. cable operators have signed retransmission agreements with CBS Corporation, covering the analog, digital, multicast and high-definition rights to programming on CBS owned-and-operated television stations. Broadcasters have been seeking compensation from cable operators for the …

LONDON, February 23: Viasat Broadcasting is launching a dedicated TV1000 for Poland on the DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat on March 5. The first single-country TV1000 channel, TV1000 in Poland will broadcast 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and …

TORONTO, February 23: CanWest Global Communications Corp. is planning to contribute C$200 million to its joint bid with Goldman Sachs Capital Partners (GSCP) for Alliance Atlantis Communications, up from the previously announced C$132 million. CanWest's initial commitment was C$132 million, …

LONDON, February 23: Virgin Media subscribers could lose access to a slate of Sky channels at the end of this month, after talks between the cable platform and BSkyB broke down over carriage terms. Virgin Media and BSkyB have been …

BRUSSELS, February 23: The European Commission has cleared the acquisition of a majority stake in ProSiebenSat.1 Media by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Permira, noting that the deal “would not significantly impede effective competition” in the European Union. Permira and KKR …

NEW YORK, February 22: Spike TV and online video-gamer site GameTrailers.com, both divisions of Viacom-owned MTV Networks, have partnered for the enhanced version of the video game series Game Head, launching on the network tomorrow. The collaboration is the first …

LONDON, February 22: Granada International has licensed more than 30 classic feature films from the Rank, ITC and Romulus libraries to ProSiebenSat.1 Media’s pay-TV channel kabel eins classics for broadcast this year. Titles acquired for the channel, which launched last …

LONDON, February 22: Virgin Media’s LIVING channel has acquired the rights to the new 8×30-minute reality series Tori and Dean: Inn Love from World of Wonder. The reality series follows Tori Spelling, the former star of Beverly Hills 90210, as …