World Screen

NEW YORK, October 23: News Corporation’s shareholders have voted in favor of a “poison pill” strategy, intended to block Liberty Media’s efforts to up its stake in the company. News Corp.’s chairman and CEO, Rupert Murdoch, instituted the strategy last …

TV Kids Weekly, October 17, 2006 ORIGIN: The Secret World of Benjamin Bear is based on a set of animated specials that star Benjamin Bear, the first of which was The Teddy Bear's Picnic. CREATORS: The specials and the series …

October 2006 By Peter Caranicas TV movies and mini-series, from dramas to disaster films, continue to find slots on networks around the world. Sitcom, reality, documentary, variety, sports—all these genres play major roles in the worldwide TV-program marketplace. But one …

October 2006 By Anna Carugati Having worked in public television for many years, Paula Kerger is intimately familiar with the challenges of financing quality programming. After heading up the very successful public station Thirteen/WNET in New York, Kerger was appointed …

October 2006 By Mansha Daswani When 24 launched on FOX in 2001, few thought the high-concept show—where the entire season plays out over the course of just one day—would last its entire run, let alone return for a second season. …

SAN FRANCISCO, October 20: Factual programming outfit Michael Hoff Productions (MHP) has named Ashley Adams as its new managing producer. Overseeing day-to-day production, Adams will manage all of MHP’s teams who are currently producing more than 30 hours of factual …

MIAMI, October 20: Wide Angle Productions Group has inked a deal with El alambique de Ideas, an independent association of TV writers in Spain, to pitch ten of its new series in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. The programs …

SEOUL, October 20: The international distribution division of the Korean terrestrial KBS has licensed its new drama Hwangini into Taiwan and Vietnam. The company’s big push at MIPCOM, Hwangini is a 24×70-minute costume drama about a Korean Gisaeng (Geisha). Deals …

VIENNA, October 20: The Universum strand of documentaries from Austrian pubcaster ORF was the company’s standout offering at MIPCOM last week, generating a number of new deals, including one with RAI. The Italian broadcaster picked up Universum titles like Strange …

COSTA MESA, October 20: Playmates Toys has been named as the master toy licensee for Microsoft and 4Kids Entertainment’s new series Viva Piñata, currently airing on the Saturday-morning 4Kids TV block on FOX. The show is accompanied by an upcoming …