World Screen

NEW YORK: The NBC Sports Group is changing the name of Versus to the NBC Sports Network, effective January 2, 2012. A number of NBC Sports production and programming elements have already been introduced on Versus following the Comcast merger. This …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC has slated the second-season debut of The Voice to follow Super Bowl XLVI on February 5, 2012, at 10 p.m., with the vocal competition moving to its regular day and time the following night, Monday, at 8 …

UNIVERSAL CITY: Universal Media Studios has signed a new overall production deal with Greg Daniels (The Office, Parks and Recreation), in addition to securing a development agreement with Gary Sanchez Productions Television, set up by executive producers Will Ferrell and …

NATIONAL HARBOR: Nearly half of video app users report being more engaged with TV shows and networks associated with the video apps after accessing them, according to new research conducted by Nielsen and commissioned by the Cable & Telecommunications Association …

NEW YORK: More than 90 percent of business leaders at media and communications companies expect digital revenues to grow this year, with more than one-third anticipating an increase greater than 10 percent, according to a new survey from KPMG. KPMG’s …

When The Kennedys received ten Emmy nominations perhaps no one was more surprised than Michael Prupas, the president and CEO of Muse Entertainment, and executive producer on the eight-part mini-series about America’s most legendary family. Muse, in association with Asylum …

With the tenth anniversary of the tragic events of 9/11 approaching, TV Real Weekly talks to a number of distributors about the interest in programming related to the U.S. terrorist attacks. The events that took place on September 11, 2001, …

Tatiana Rodríguez, the senior VP of programming and creative strategy for Nickelodeon Latin America, says the kids’ audience is one of the most demanding because “they’re constantly looking for immediate satisfaction, they’re not very patient and they want to see …

The second in a two-part series, TV Formats Weekly continues to explore the many reasons why Spanish companies have been thriving in the format arena. While there’s no magic formula for ensuring a format’s international success, having the know-how of …

LONDON: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has sold and relicensed a number of Nickelodeon preschool animated series, including Dora the Explorer, in territories across Europe, Latin America and Asia. Provideo in Colombia picked up Dora the Explorer seasons one to …