World Screen

TOKYO: Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific (DNAP) is working with local filmmakers in Japan to produce Rebuilding Japan, six inspirational stories on the country’s recovery efforts following the March earthquake and tsunami. Japanese production companies were invited to submit their ideas for …

LONDON: Fox Licensing & Merchandising, the new business unit launched by Fox Latin American Channels (FLAC), is to oversee the international consumer products and retail strategy of FOX International Channels’ BabyTV across Latin America. BabyTV’s new division with existing licensing …

SILVER SPRING: iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World, hosted by Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, is set to make its world premiere on October 16 on Discovery Channel. The hour-long doc special will celebrate the innovations of Apple’s co-founder …

LOS ANGELES: Aptitude Test is a new celebrity-based series for VH1 from American Idol‘s Randy Jackson and Shed Media. The one-hour series profiles a different celebrity each week, giving them a chance to see what might have happened had they …

BUENOS AIRES: Telefe International has signed a deal for Miditech to be the exclusive sales agent for its series and formats in India. Telefe’s catalogue has telenovelas, series, magazine shows, comedies, entertainment programs, documentaries and movies. Miditech will distribute the …

SÃO PAULO: DISH Network in the U.S. now offers TV Globo Internacional’s Portuguese-language channel via IPTV. TV Globo Internacional provides news, exclusive programming, live sports, telenovelas, mini-series, kids’ shows and more. The 24-hour channel has more than 580,000 premium subscribers …

NEW YORK/SARATOGA: The Roku streaming platform now offers instant access to more than 1,400 titles for streaming on TV, including HBO shows such as Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire and True Blood. HBO GO has joined Roku’s growing collection of entertainment channels. The …

RESTON: In examining the impact of tablets, smartphones and connected devices on media consumption habits, comScore has found that television remains the primary medium for watching TV shows and movies. comScore’s Digital Omnivores: How Tablets, Smartphones and Connected Devices are …

GÜTERSLOH: Thomas Rabe, the CFO at Bertelsmann, will succeed the company’s current chairman and CEO, Hartmut Ostrowski, effective January 1, 2012. Ostrowski is resigning from the executive board and will move on to the supervisory board. Ostrowski joined Bertelsmann in …

  This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2011 issue of World Screen.   On the Record: James Cameron   A list of the greatest feature film directors of all time would certainly include Orson Welles, Frank Capra, Cecil B. …