World Screen

WEST PALM BEACH, February 5: ION Media Networks is partnering with the digital entertainment content company Bodog Entertainment to launch a new late-night programming block. The block will feature the mixed martial arts series BodogFight and the celebrity-studded reality competition …

LONDON, February 5: The broadband TV service Homechoice will relaunch as Tiscali TV on March 1 following its August acquisition by telco Tiscali. Tiscali TV launches March 1 with more than 40,000 subscribers. Tiscali TV is currently available in London …

STOCKHOLM/ATLANTA, February 5: Turner Broadcasting System International has entered into an alliance with Ericsson to develop its news and entertainment content for mobile multimedia environments, it was announced today, beginning with a new CNN Mobile service for users in Europe, …

LOS ANGELES, February 5: Amp’d Mobile has unveiled a new slate of made-for-mobile series that includes comedy shorts developed by actor Jack Black, a paranormal investigative series from Howard Gordon’s ICEBOX, and more mobile content from Donick Carey, the co-creator …

LONDON, February 5: BSkyB will rebrand its arts channels Artsworld and Artsworld HD as Sky Arts and Sky Arts HD, effective March 1. In related news, the new Sky Arts will serve as the broadcast sponsor of The Guardian Hay …

TORONTO, February 6: Mike Clattenburg, the creator, director and head writer of The Trailer Park Boys; and Greg Daniels, the executive producer of The Office, are among those featured in the lineup for this year’s Banff World Television Festival, taking …

NEW YORK, February 5: According to a new study from JupiterResearch, 53 percent of online teens watch video on the Internet occasionally and 22 percent of them view video weekly or more frequently. The report, Teens and Online Video: Understand …

CINCINNATI, February 5: Charles E. Scripps, who served as chairman of The E. W. Scripps Company from 1953 until 1994, has died of natural causes at the age of 87. Scripps was the grandson of Edward W. Scripps, who founded …

HBO Asia Launches On Demand Service HONG KONG, February 5: HBO Asia has launched HBO On Demand, a new subscription video on demand (SVOD) service offered exclusively to HBO/MAX Pak Premium subscribers on broadband platform now TV in Hong Kong. …

PALERMO, February 5: Italian soccer, including Serie A games and this week’s scheduled friendly against Romania, has been indefinitely suspended following the death of a policeman Friday after a riot broke out at the Catania vs. Palermo match. According to …