World Screen

LONDON, September 22: FremantleMedia announced that Declan Caulfield has become executive producer of FMX, a newly created division responsible for developing and producing personalized and participatory media entertainment across various platforms. As Executive Producer, Caulfield will be responsible for identifying, …

World Screen Weekly, September 21, 2006 Nancy Fowler Head of Global Sales DIC Entertainment Like so many working mothers, Nancy Fowler wanted to balance her career and her life at home. She found a way of satisfying her professional ambitions …

World Screen Weekly, September 21, 2006 YEAR IT LAUNCHED: 1985 (The channel launched as Nostalgia Television; its name changed to AmericanLife in March 2005) OWNERSHIP: Crown Communications, Inc. NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS: The channel has more than 10 million in the …

NEW YORK, September 21: Despite increasing competition from new media platforms and devices, such as iPods and streaming video, television viewing is on the rise in the U.S., according to Nielsen Media Research. During the 2005-2006 television year, which ended …

TORONTO, September 21: As part of its continued roll out of broadband video, Global Television will be offering American prime-time programming as well as completed episodes from the network's Canadian news, drama, comedy and documentary programming, on its website. This …

SAN FRANCISCO, September 21: Yahoo! and Current TV, the media company founded by former Vice President Al Gore, are creating an online video programming venture. The new service, called Yahoo Current Network (video.yahoo.com/currenttv), will combine professional and user-generated video clips …

LOS ANGELES, September 21: Galan Entertainment and HBO will be working together to create a series of 90- to 120-second segments of mobile content geared to the Hispanic community. The series of mini telenovelas, entitled La Traductora (The Translator), is …

LOS ANGELES, September 21: MGM, the cable network G4, Brooksfilms Limited and Berliner Film Companie are teaming up to produce a TV series based on Mel Brooks’ comedy Spaceballs. G4, which targets a male audience and is available in 59 …

HONG KONG, September 21: MGM Channel Germany has renewed its agreement with Celestial Pictures for the pay-TV rights to 15 titles from Celestial’s Shaw Brothers library. The titles are for MGM Channel Germany’s Kung Fu Classics nights, which air in …

LONDON, September 21: In preparation for Teletubbies’ tenth anniversary, Ragdoll and BBC Worldwide have created a new joint venture called Ragdoll Worldwide. Besides exploiting the current catalogue of Ragdoll programming, the joint venture will launch two new exciting properties, In …