World Screen

SYDNEY/LONDON, June 30: Southern Star International has been chosen by the U.K. production entity talkbackTHAMES as the distributor for Little Devil. Along with the acquisition of Little Devil Southern Star will be looking to develop further drama projects with talkbackTHAMES. …

MUNICH, June 30: Discovery Communications will be launching DMAX in September 2006 in place of XXP, a free-to-air channel the company acquired earlier this year. DMAX, a fact-based entertainment channel, will focus on the lifestyles and interests of male viewers …

LOS ANGELES, June 30: Univision shareholders have filed two suits against the company and its board over their handling of the sale of the leading Spanish-language network in the U.S. to a consortium of private investors earlier this week. According …

World Screen Weekly, June 29, 2006 Steve Copestake Senior VP of Marketing Buena Vista International Television As a university student in England, Steve Copestake was intrigued by marketing. “I was wooed by the rarified prospect of making a difference to …

World Screen Weekly, June 29, 2006 CHANNEL NAME: Bravo! Canada LAUNCH DATE: January 1, 1995 NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS: 6.4 million homes in Canada OWNERSHIP: Bravo! Canada is one of 21 specialty channels owned by CHUM Limited, one of Canada’s leading …

LOS ANGELES, June 29: PorchLight Entertainment has appointed Karen Roberts to the newly created post of Senior Vice President of Acquisitions. Roberts will be based in Los Angeles and report to Bruce Johnson, PorchLight’s CEO and William Baumann, the COO. …

OVERLAND PARK/NEW YORK, June 29: Sprint and Interscope Records have teamed-up roll out Sprint Music Series for Sprint TV. Featuring artists such as Busta Rhymes, Dashboard Confessional, Keane, Mobb Deep, Olivia, Robin Thicke and Wolfmother, the Sprint Music Series offers …

SINGAPORE, June 29: The premiere of the Disney Channel original movie, High School Musical, scored big numbers in Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. High School Musical aired last Sunday, June 25 and scored record results in three major Asian territories. …

TORONTO, June 29: Canadian music station, MuchMusic, introduced MuchAXS an on-demand broadband video content provider. MuchAXS is an online community where fans discover, program and recommend music. Strong emphasis will be placed on showcasing Canadian music video chart-toppers alongside other …

LOS ANGELES, June 29, Lifetime Television will air MarVista’s original legal thriller, Past Sins, on July 2. Past Sins stars Lauralee Bell, from the top-rated daytime serial The Young and Restless, as Donna Erickson, a limelight-seeking attorney whose client may …