World Screen

JAKARTA/LOS ANGELES: Saban Capital Group has bought a 5-percent stake in the Indonesian media company Media Nusantara Citra (MNC) for 692 billion rupiah ($78.2 million). In a deal with majority owner Global Mediacom, Saban Capital Group subsidiary Indonesia Media Partners …

BOSTON: The number of homes with Internet-connected televisions has reached more than 42 million across the U.S. and Europe, though the usage of such devices is twice as popular in the U.S. as in Europe, according to Strategy Analytics. The …

  This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2011 issue of World Screen.   With a voice that is rich, deep, mellow, sometimes unsettling, always convincing, and smooth as a glass of good cognac, Jeremy Irons is a prolific and …

  This article originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2011 issue of TV Europe.   Radical restructuring, abandoned takeovers and management overhauls are dramatically shifting the British media market.   The U.K. may be one of the most mature television markets …

Not even concerns about the eurozone could dampen the overriding feeling of optimism at MIPCOM this year, as some 12,500 attendees enjoyed the cloud-free skies (but moaned about the sweltering heat!) as they talked linear and digital deals, co-productions, formats …

TV Real Weekly recaps the nonfiction highlights and deal-making from MIPCOM. Factual plays less of a role at MIPCOM than at MIPTV and MIPDoc, but the trip to Cannes last week proved to be a fruitful one for factual distributors, …

TV Kids Weekly recaps what you might have missed at MIP Junior and MIPCOM. There was record attendance at this year’s MIP Junior, with 1,079 participants and almost 1,100 programs available to screen. Much to the delight of kids’ distributors, …

NEW YORK: Artists Den Entertainment and Northstar Media have partnered to expand the series Live from the Artists Den to international markets. Northstar Media will have the international television and VOD distribution rights to the series, which pairs famous musicians …

TORONTO: OMNI Television has picked up the fifth season of the Indian reality series Bigg Boss, which premiered yesterday on the channel. Bigg Boss, which follows the Big Brother format, features 14 celebrity contestants living together in a mansion with …

LONDON: CAN’T STOP media’s one-hour documentary Illegal Love has been licensed by MTV Networks in the U.S. for its Logo channel. The special, written and directed by Julie Gali, was produced for Canal+ in France by Petite Maison Production in …