World Screen

WARSAW, November 17: MGM Networks, a division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and ITI Neovision, a subsidiary of the Polish media and entertainment company ITI Group, will launch The MGM Channel for Poland next month and make it available in high-definition. The …

SILVER SPRING, November 17: Discovery Communications has hired NBC executive David Zaslav as its new president and chief executive. Zaslav, the president of NBC Universal Cable, will replace Judith McHale, who will step down at the beginning of December. John …

World Screen Weekly, November 16, 2006 COUNTRY: United States LAUNCH DATE: October 3, 1988 OWNERSHIP: Time Warner DISTRIBUTION: Cable and satellite VIEWERSHIP: Received by 91.9 million households in the United States and Canada. DESCRIPTION: Like sister channel TBS, TNT, which …

LONDON, November 16: Hollyoaks, the youth-targeted soap that has aired on Channel 4 in the U.K. for more than a decade, has been sold successfully internationally by All3Media. Hollyoaks, which is produced by Mersey Television and has been a mainstay …

LONDON, November 16: Elaine Bedell has been appointed Controller of BBC Entertainment, Multi-Platform Commissioning, completing the four-strong BBC Vision genre controllers team lead by Jana Bennett. BBC Vision consists of BBC Television, Factual & Learning and Drama, Entertainment & Children's, …

LOS ANGELES, November 16: Eurocinema, the first branded on-demand service featuring award-winning European and global theatrical and short films, will launch on Time Warner Cable in the New York area this month. International films can be viewed by Time Warner …

HONG KONG, November 16: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has acquired the exclusive rights to the Vietnamese feature film Long Legged Beauty. SPTI, who bought the rights from Galaxy Studio, will be offering the film to television program buyers across …

LONDON, November 16: Novel Entertainment has signed a development deal to create a new television series based on Julia Donaldson’s internationally renowned Princess Mirror-Belle children’s books. Julia Donaldson is the award-winning author of many best-selling children’s books including The Room …

LOS ANGELES, November 16: Actor Luke Perry is joining the ensemble cast of HBO’s new drama John From Cincinnati. Perry had guest starred in the pilot of John From Cincinnati, and has now signed on as a regular on the …

SYDNEY, November 16: I Got a Rocket, the tween animated series from SLR Productions and Taffy Entertainment, will air on Australia’s Network Ten. The comedy series about a boy and his best friend, a wise-cracking, gadget-packed rocket, will air at …