World Screen

ATLANTA, December 15: Turner Broadcasting System has reached a deal to acquire seven pay-TV networks in Latin America from Claxson Interactive Group for about $235 million. TBS, Inc. will acquire Fashion TV, HTV, Infinito, I.Sat, MuchMusic, Retro and Space, which …

World Screen Weekly, December 14, 2006 COUNTRY: U.S. LAUNCH DATE: September 2, 2001 OWNERSHIP: Cartoon Network, operated by Turner Broadcasting System, a Time Warner company DISTRIBUTION: Cable and satellite NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS: 91 million homes DESCRIPTION: Adult Swim is Cartoon …

World Screen Weekly, December 14, 2006 Director WGBH International For more than a decade, WGBH International, the distribution arm of the U.S. public television station based in Boston, has been offering buyers quality documentaries and factual series such as Frontline, …

SEATTLE, December 14: Reel Time Rentals, which operates the ReelTimeTV.Net broadband content platform, has reached a deal that gives it access to more than 1,000 independent films from the Indie Vision library. Indie Vision will deliver 100 titles immediately, spanning …

KUALA LUMPUR, December 14: National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) and the National Film Development Corporation of Malaysia (FINAS) today announced the commissioning of two one-hour high-definition documentaries, the result of a fund established by the two companies to foster Malaysian …

LONDON/LOS ANGELES, December 14: GSN in the U.S. has commissioned a pilot of War of the Words, a Mast Media quiz show that is represented by Granada International as part of a recently inked first-look agreement between the two British …

HONG KONG, December 14: Disney Channel has launched in Papua New Guinea on the basic tier of HiTRON, a television and data services provider. HiTRON Limited is now also the distributor of the channel to other cable TV platforms in …

MIAMI, December 14: Carlos R. Bardasano has been appointed EVP of network entertainment at Telemundo, effectively immediately, reporting to the Hispanic broadcaster’s president, Don Browne. Bardasano will oversee programming, on-air promotions, specials and the network's educational program, Taller Telemundo. He …

LONDON, December 14: BBC World has inked a deal that brings a slate of its programs to the Korean satellite-based mobile broadcasting service TU Media. BBC World is the first international news broadcaster to create its own block of programs …

BURBANK, December 14: Disney Channel ranks as the second most-watched basic cable network in prime time in the U.S. for 2006, topping third-place TNT by 6 percent, the kids’ network has announced. Disney ends the year as the number one …