World Screen

ENGLEWOOD/NEWARK, August 25: Liberty Media Corporation has completed the first stage of its acquisition of IDT Entertainment, taking control of the American and select international operations. IDT Corporation’s sale of the Canadian and Australian operations to Liberty Media will occur …

NEW YORK, August 25: Hispanics and Asian Americans are the fastest growing segments of the U.S. population, according to Nielsen Media, posting a 3.6 percent rise in television households over the 2005-2006 season. For the 2006-2007 season, Hispanic TV households …

NEW YORK, August 25: As part of a promotional efforts for its key freshman and returning series, CBS has entered into deals with Warner Bros. Television and Twentieth Century Fox Television to stream several shows for free on its broadband …

EL SEGUNDO, August 25: The merger of Sky Brasil and DIRECTV Brasil is now complete, with the DIRECTV Group owning 74 percent of the combined DTH platform and Globo Comuniçacão e Participações holding 26 percent. The DIRECTV Group will control …

World Screen Weekly, August 24, 2006 CHANNEL: ImaginAsian TV (iaTV), U.S. LAUNCH DATE: August 2004 OWNERSHIP: ImaginAsian Entertainment, a privately-owned entity that also operates iaRadio, a cinema in New York named The ImaginAsian—with plans to launch a second theater in …

World Screen Weekly, August 24, 2006 VP, Programming and Sales Lionsgate International Television Some people enter the television business by chance and happenstance. Others know deep down inside that they are pre-destined for it. Craig Cegielski is part of the …

SYDNEY, August 24: ABC Enterprises has tapped former Nickelodeon Australia executive Katie Cordes to fill the newly created position of manager of product and content development. Cordes will provide a central point of contact for producers and content developers who …

BURBANK, August 24: Ken Werner has been tapped to succeed Dick Robertson as the new president of Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. Werner has spent the last nine years overseeing network distribution for The WB and was part of the …

LONDON, August 24: Granada International has acquired the international distribution rights to Inside Criminal Minds: Conmen, a new documentary special from the Manchester-based independent Turn On Television. The 52-minute special uncovers four of the most complex and shocking “con” stories …

WASHINGTON D.C./LONDON, August 24: National Geographic Channels International and National Geographic Channel in the U.S. have commissioned Darlow Smithson Productions to produce a third season of Seconds from Disaster. The 13×1-hour series is filmed in HD, investigating some of the …