World Screen

LONDON, June 29: 3DD has secured a number of package deals with Central Eastern European buyers after the close of DISCOP. In Bulgaria, the music channel MM TV purchased 20 episodes of London Live (aka The Album Chart Show), originally …

LONDON, June 29: BBC Worldwide licensed more than 500 hours of programming to broadcasters across Eastern Europe at this year’s DISCOP. Several shows were licensed to TVR in Romania, as part of a two-year output deal, including the natural history …

MIAMI, June 29: Univision’s news magazine Primer Impacto received the Edward R. Murrow award for Best Network News Series from the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA). The program was honored for its three-part series entitled Angeles en el infierno (Angels …

NEW YORK, June 29: AOL and Fusion Entertainment have announced a joint-venture web network called Lat34.com dedicated to action sports. It will be the first interactive network featuring action sports such as skate, BMX, FMX, surfing, snowboarding and more. Lat34.com—named …

LOS ANGELES, June 29: The Walt Disney Company’s board of directors has elected John Pepper, Jr. to be its non-executive chairman, effective January 1, 2007. Pepper, 67, the former CEO of Procter & Gamble, will succeed Sen. George J. Mitchell …

LONDON, June 28, Zonemedia (formerly Zone Vision Labs) has named Vitaly Sufan as general manager the company’s Moscow office. Sufan, who was formerly the deputy chief programming officer of NTV-Plus, will be responsible for Zonemedia's channel distribution activities in Russia, …

LONDON, June 28: Maverick Entertainment and Silver Fox Films will release Singalong With Spider, on DVD in the UK, July 3. Singalong With Spider is the second DVD release of the classic British preschool series, Spider!, currently playing on Nick …

LONDON, June, 28: Spellbound Entertainment has announced the sale of 52 episodes of U.K. preschool series, The Koala Brothers, to the Korean educational station, EBS. "The Koala Brothers is one of the most charming pre-school series on the market, with …

NEW YORK, June 28: According to Nielson Media Research, Nickelodeon has secured the top spot as the number one basic cable network across all kids’ demos at the end of the second quarter of 2006, for the eleventh consecutive year. …

KNOXVILLE, June 28: Scripps Networks is launching high-definition channels in the U.S. and in Japan. Food Network HD will launch in the U.S. on June 30, joining HGTV HD as Scripps' second high-definition network to launch in the last three …