World Screen

LONDON, February 14: Marc Conneely, the chief executive of Wedding TV, which recently launched on BSkyB in the U.K., tells World Screen Newsflash about the channel’s programming strategy and expansion plans, with rollouts slated for Russia, Poland and Romania by …

NEW YORK, February 14: Viacom subsidiaries VH1 and BET are partnering on a one-hour pilot for the ensemble drama Wifey, set in the world of hip hop, which, if greenlit, would premiere simultaneously on both networks. Written and executive produced …

LOS ANGELES, February 14: The arts network Ovation TV has secured carriage on DIRECTV, nearly tripling its subscriber base. The deal comes about six months since the cable network was acquired by a consortium led by Hubbard Media Group as …

NEW YORK, February 14: DIRECTV and The Nielsen Company are working together to develop a new system for measuring the usage of interactive television services. Nielsen will use aggregated and anonymous clickstream data from a new television measurement panel of …

MUNICH, February 14: Georg Kofler, the chief executive of Premiere, has sold more than 11.3 million shares in the German platform, wire reports indicate, representing about 12 percent of the company. According to the Associated Press, Kofler sold the shares …

BURBANK, February 13: Marc Gareton, formerly senior VP of business decision support for Warner Bros. Home Video, has been promoted to the senior VP of international, Europe, at Warner Bros. Digital Distribution. In this newly created post, Gareton, based in …

NEW YORK, February 13: On behalf of Rainbow Media, London-based iD Distribution has inked deals to bring a range of Women’s Entertainment (WE tv) content into markets around the world. Among the latest round of sales of WE tv programs …

LONDON, February 13: Random House Children’s Books has acquired the worldwide publishing rights to S4C’s preschool animation Hana’s Helpline, with the first books from the series launching in the spring. The deal with S4C International includes all English rights for …

TORONTO, February 13: Coneybeare Stories has tapped PorchLight Entertainment to represent the international TV distribution rights to all 52 half-hour episodes of Monster Warriors, its hit series for YTV. PorchLight will bring both seasons of the show, a CGI and …

LONDON, February 13: BKN New Media has licensed its animated comedy Dork Hunters From Outer Space to GMTV in the U.K. and RTL II in Germany, and has sealed a pan-European master toy deal on the property with the Character …