World Screen

NEW YORK, February 6: The N, the nighttime network for teens, has begun production this week in Makaha, Hawaii, on 14 new half-hour episodes for the third season of its hit teen surf drama Beyond the Break, scheduled to premiere …

HILVERSUM, February 6: MTV in the U.S. has commissioned an additional 40 half-hour episodes of Exposed, Endemol International’s high-tech dating format. Exposed, which debuted on January 1 in the U.S. and airs Mondays through Thursdays at 6 p.m., is pulling …

LOS ANGELES, February 6: DIC Entertainment has named Mattel as its master toy partner for the upcoming merchandise launch of the tween entertainment brand SPG: The Slumber Party Girls. Last year, DIC formed a partnership with Geffen Records to jointly …

LONDON, February 6: Setanta Sports will launch on the British DTT platform Freeview on March 1 with a £10.99 a month subscription fee. Last October, Setanta announced a deal with Top Up TV to join the Freeview line-up, where it …

NEW YORK, February 6: VOOM HD Networks’ Gallery HD, a high-definition channel in the U.S. devoted to the visual arts, is launching a Sunday afternoon programming block, Opera and an Omelet, featuring well-known operas from around the world. The block …

BRISBANE/BENTONVILLE, February 6: Wal-Mart Stores has unveiled the beta version of its new video download service, offering up movie and TV titles from Disney, Lionsgate, MTV Networks and a slate of other providers. Available at www.walmart.com/videodownloads, the beta service is …

AMSTERDAM, February 6: Cable revenues in Europe rose 12 percent to 18.8 billion euros in 2006, according to a report presented today at Cable Europe, the European Cable Communications Association’s annual conference. According to the research, European cable revenues doubled …

LOS ANGELES, February 6: Former U.S. President Bill Clinton will deliver a keynote speech at this year’s Promax/BDA conference, taking place in New York City from June 12 to 14. In announcing the news today, Michael Benson, Promax/BDA’s chairman and …

Super Bowl Records 93.15 Million Viewers BURBANK, February 6: The Super Bowl on CBS on Sunday averaged 93.15 million viewers, making it the second most-watched Super Bowl ever and helping Criminal Minds, broadcast immediately after the event, to a series …

SILVER SPRING, February 6: David Zaslav, the new CEO of Discovery Communications, has initiated a significant restructure at the company with five senior executives exiting, including Billy Campbell and Dawn McCall. Campbell’s position, of president of U.S. networks for Discovery, …