World Screen

TORONTO: The Television Bureau of Canada (TVB) has released a pair of studies about the attitudes and receptiveness of viewers toward television advertising, finding in both that TV remains the "most influential, effective and powerful" way to connect with audiences. …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC has unveiled its new midseason schedule, shuffling the comedies Whitney and Up All Night and benching Community, among others. The Voice returns on Mondays, with a debut following Super Bowl XLVI. The show will have a regular …

LONDON: The U.K. broadband provider TalkTalk is set to launch an in-house trial of YouView, a service intended to bring VOD to Freeview, in early 2012. The service, backed by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and BT, is …

MADRID/SEGOVIA/BARCELONA: The Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade (ICEX) organized a visit to Madrid, Segovia and Barcelona for a select group of international trade press publications, including World Screen and TV Latina, to showcase the innovative work of Spanish production and …

  This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2011 issue of TV Kids.   Kinderkanal, also known as KI.KA, is a leading destination for children in Germany. Owned by the German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF, KI.KA has access to …

Rachel Job, the head of acquisitions and commissioning for HISTORY and Military History at AETN UK, shares her strategy for serving the demands of the channels’ niche audiences. TV REAL: How much are you acquiring compared to commissioning? JOB: HISTORY …

Rive Gauche Television recently made its foray into selling formats, and is finding success with ideas big and small. Traditionally a distributor of finished programming, the U.S. outfit Rive Gauche Television made moves into the format market a little more …

LONDON: A+E Networks UK has appointed Anna Priest, a former BBC exec, as its new VP of marketing and communications. Priest will report to Tom Davidson, the managing director of A+E Networks UK, and will be responsible for the marketing …

UDAIPUR: India’s Eden Animation Studio has signed a strategic agreement with the U.K.’s Big Giggles to co-produce and exploit multiple animated projects for TV, home video and multiplatform licensing. The deal with Big Giggles will see the creation of animated …

PARIS: Novavision has firmed up a co-production deal with Sri Lanka’s MTV channel for 200 locally produced episodes of its new format The QuizZz, which will be launched to the Asian market at the upcoming ATF. The QuizZz, filmed in …