World Screen

LONDON: Brand Licensing Europe has lined up Howard Roffman, the president of Lucas Licensing and the global head of licensing for the Star Wars brand, for The Big Interview as part of the 2011 Licensing Academy. Roffman has been part …

NEW YORK: The NBCUniversal-owned cable network Cloo is set to introduce its first original true-crime series, Killer Instinct, on September 17, followed by Dateline on Cloo. Killer Instinct features retired FBI profiler Mark Safarik, who will demonstrate his ability to …

TORONTO: Jay Switzer, the former president and CEO of CHUM, has been appointed to the board of directors at Shaftesbury. Switzer joins current Shaftesbury board members Christina Jennings, Shaftesbury’s chairman and CEO; Scott Garvie, the senior VP of business and …

BURBANK: Chaz Bono, David Arquette and Nancy Grace are among those who have signed on for this season’s Dancing with the Stars, which returns to ABC in September. On September 19, all 12 couples will take to the dancefloor for …

SCOTTSDALE: New research from In-Stat shows that 50 percent of tablet owners are not only watching feature-length movies on their device, but also TV shows. The data finds that tablets and smartphones are becoming vital new screens for video consumption, …

PREMIUM: Super RTL’s CEO, Claude Schmit, tells World Screen Newsflash about how the leading German kids’ channel has evolved into a cross-media brand in order to better serve today’s media-savvy children. TV KIDS: How has Super RTL managed to maintain …

On the heels of last year’s attendance boost, the American Film Market (AFM) has expanded its lineup for this year’s event, slated for November 2 to 9 in Santa Monica. The market, organized by the Independent Film & Television Alliance …

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network is debuting the special Life 2.0 tomorrow as part of its monthly feature-documentary strand. As Lisa Erspamer, the executive VP of production and development at the channel, tellsTV Real Weekly , the OWN Documentary Club is …

ORIGIN: Power Rangers Samurai is the 19th season of the iconic Power Rangers franchise, which began with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers on Fox Kids Network in 1993. The show originates from the Japanese live-action series KyōryÅ« Sentai Zyuranger, which aired …

SINGAPORE: mio TV has launched two new Asian channels for Jingxuan Pack subscribers, Celestial Movies and Jia Le Channel. Jia Le, a new 24-hour Asian entertainment channel with content in Hokkien dialect and Mandarin from top producers in Taiwan and …