World Screen

SCOTTSDALE: Telecom operators in the Asia Pacific will benefit from increased IPTV and broadband revenues in the years to come, reports ABI Research, which forecasts that overall broadband and pay-TV service revenues in the region will experience a 34-percent gain to $147 billion …

BURBANK: The iconic daytime series All My Children is to end its run after 41 years on air with a final episode on September 23 on ABC. The final episodes of the long-running show will celebrate the stories of the …

UNIVERSAL CITY: Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton have all agreed to return as coaches for the next installment of The Voice on NBC, where the competition resumes in mid-season. The show’s first season just wrapped …

MUNICH: The ProSiebenSat.1 Group has signed a long-term contract with Germany’s largest cable operator, Kabel Deutschland (KD), for the distribution of its free- and pay-TV, HD and VOD content. KD customers will gain access to ProSiebenSat.1 Group’s HD channels for the …

LONDON: Zodiak Kids’ live-action show Summer In Transylvania’s distribution has been expanded to Nickelodeon channels across Europe. Summer in Transylvania originally ran in the U.K., but will now be airing in Germany, Italy, Benelux, the Nordic region, Spain and Portugal. …

LONDON, June 30: Andrew Nicholson has been named executive producer for ITV Studios Factual (North) and in-house production team Shiver, while Sally Evans takes on the role of executive producer and head of development. Both Nicholson and Evans will be …

SILVER SPRING: The SCIENCE channel is set to premiere the final flight of NASA’s Space Shuttle program in Last Shuttle: Our Journey, Friday, July 8, at 10 p.m. Last Shuttle: Our Journey will provide footage from the day’s launch of …

LONDON: The Paperny Films-produced series Eat Street has a 13×30-minute second season in the works for the fourth quarter of 2011, which Passion Distribution will be handling distribution for. In Eat Street, the mission is to find the best street …

HONG KONG: Fox International Channels’ (FIC) STAR Movies is bringing to Asia a lineup of exclusive premieres that includes Crazy Heart, Dear John and Date Night. The slate launching July 3 features "Big Heart Movies," with Crazy Heart, Dear John …

LONDON: News Corporation has moved a step closer to taking full control of British satellite giant BSkyB, with Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, Jeremy Hunt, asserting that there has been no new evidence to change his …