World Screen

  This article originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2011 issue of World Screen.   Over the Top TV   Elizabeth Guider reports on the effects that over-the-top (OTT) video services like Netflix, Hulu and others are having on the traditional …

MIPCOM’s Acquisition Superpanel—What Do Buyers Want? session featured an engaging conversation between CTV’s Mike Cosentino, Sky’s Sarah Wright, Channel 5’s Jeff Ford, Televisa’s Carlos Sandoval and World Screen‘s Anna Carugati about programming strategies, memorable negotiations, signature acquisitions, digital media rights, …

From series about cars and technology to military programming, a new crop of shows is firmly focused on male audiences. For about as long as television has been an advertising medium, advertisers seeking a heavily male audience, especially a young …

It’s a tough world out there. Between the doom and gloom of the economy, high worldwide unemployment rates and the current state of the housing market, many people are left looking for a pick-me-up. It’s no wonder, then, that consumers …

BEVERLY HILLS/NEW YORK: AMC Networks has signed an exclusive deal with Netflix for the streaming of previous seasons of The Walking Dead, coming just a few months after the online service began offering past episodes of AMC’s Mad Men and …

MONTREAL: Muse Entertainment Enterprises and Just For Laughs Television are to begin production this week in Montreal on IFC’s new original scripted series Bullet in the Face, which will feature guest stars Eddie Izzard and Eric Roberts. The six-part, half-hour …

LOS ANGELES: OWN: the Oprah Winfrey Network is to air premiere episodes of The Rosie Show and Oprah’s Lifeclass across five Discovery Communications networks alongside the shows’ debut on OWN today. TLC, Investigation Discovery, Discovery Fit & Health and Planet …

SYDNEY: FOX International Channels (FIC) is launching FX, a new general-entertainment channel featuring the hit zombie series The Walking Dead, in Australia. FX will be available exclusively to FOXTEL subscribers in high definition on the basic package in early 2012. …

TORONTO: OMNI Television, The Biography Channel and Citytv are honoring Canada’s most outstanding individuals with the 12-part original biographical series Extraordinary Canadians. The series will air Sundays on Citytv, starting October 23, and on The Biography Channel, airing Saturdays and …

LONDON: Outdoor Channel and Chello Zone have launched the HD service in Portugal on triple-play operator ZON Multimédia. The channel’s deal with Portugal marks the 36th territory to launch Outdoor Channel since the joint venture with Chello Zone was signed …