World Screen

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, February 20: Major League Gaming has entered into a partnership with the Endeavor talent agency and Flame Ventures to develop and distribute original television programming about professional video gaming. "From our inception, we've been focused on creating …

NEW YORK, February 20: Sundance Channel is gearing up to mark the fourth anniversary of the Iraq War on March 19 with the premiere of two new films: The Ground Truth and The Road to Guantanamo. Airing at 9 p.m., …

LONDON, February 20: The launch of Heroes in the U.K. last night gave SCI FI its highest-ever ratings and best multichannel prime-time position in its 12-year history. The hit NBC series, distributed by NBC Universal International Television Distribution, peaked with …

LONDON, February 20: A record of more than 560 buyers are expected to attend BBC Showcase, taking place in Brighton next week, with the boost in numbers attributed to participation by executives from mobile, VOD and broadband platforms. BBC Worldwide …

TORONTO, February 20: The Banff World Television Festival, taking place from June 10 to 13 at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Banff, Alberta, has added three more speakers to its Master Class sessions: CSI’s Carol Mendelsohn, documentary filmmaker Antony …

PARIS, February 20: Jana Bennett, the director of BBC Vision, and Ashley Highfield, the director of future media and technology at the BBC, will give a joint keynote address at MIPTV featuring MILIA. The pair is scheduled to open MIPTV’s …

NEW YORK, February 20: Nickelodeon yesterday launched ME:TV, a new programming block, airing Monday through Friday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., featuring user-generated content. Viewers can visit www.nick.com/metv to submit their own original content, and then watch, rate or …

LONDON, February 20: Warner Bros. will deliver more than 500 episodes from several current and classic dramas and comedies, including Nip/Tuck, The OC, Friends and ER, to Virgin Media’s TV-on-demand (TVoD) service. The deal will make the Warner Bros. content …

World Screen Weekly, February 15, 2007 Co-Founder & President Millennium Media Group High-definition TV is top of mind for many channel operators around the world, particularly as the price of HD-enabled TV sets drops and markets worldwide gear up for …

World Screen Weekly, February 15, 2007 COUNTRY: U.S. LAUNCH DATE: March 2005 NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS: 15 million subscribers in the U.S. OWNERSHIP: AZN is a service of International Networks, which is the wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast Corporation that also …