World Screen

SAN DIEGO: Suzy’s Zoo Studios is to launch an interactive web environment to showcase its brands—Suzy’s Zoo, Little Suzy’s Zoo and Wags and Whiskers—in a variety of interactive games, books, fan clubs, blogs and more. The Suzy’s Zoo brands focus …

LOS ANGELES: A fifth season is in the works for the hit VH1 reality series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, this time featuring Michael Lohan, baseball star Dwight "Doc" Gooden and Steven Adler from Guns ‘n Roses, among others. The …

SYDNEY: Shine Australia has been tapped to produce the hit format Wife Swap for the Australian market, with XYZnetworks’ LifeStyle YOU channel to air the local version of the Zodiak Rights series. Wife Swap has been produced in the U.K. …

NEW YORK: The number of American relying solely on over-the-air TV signals has risen to almost 46 million from 42 million a year ago, reports Knowledge Networks, accounting for 15 percent of TV homes. The data differs considerably from a survey released by …

LONDON: Passion Distribution is heading to DISCOP with all-new episodes of Meteorite Men, which recently scored a third-season pickup from Science Channel. The show, produced by LMNO Productions, has eight new hour-long episodes in its third season, which Passion will …

TORONTO: Milt Avruskin, who was the voice of Superstars of Wrestling in the 1970s and International Wrestling in the ’80s, passed away last week at the age of 64. In addition to his credits as part of Canadian Pro Wrestling, …

BETHPAGE: The board of directors of Cablevision Systems Corporation has given the go-ahead to the spinoff of its AMC Networks division, which will continue to be led by Josh Sapan as president and CEO. AMC Networks, formerly known as Rainbow Media, consists …

BURBANK: Award-winning journalist Katie Couric has entered into a multi-year, multiplatform agreement with the Disney/ABC Television Group, under which she will be hosting and producing her own nationally syndicated talk show, along with joining the ABC News team. The program, …

ORLANDO: NBCUniversal has confirmed a deal to acquire The Blackstone Group’s 50-percent interest in the Universal Orlando theme park for $1.025 billion. Upon closing of the transaction (expected July 1), NBCUniversal will own 100 percent of Universal Studios Florida, Universal’s …

BUDAPEST: HBO Central Europe has launched the online streaming service HBO GO in Hungary, following on recent launches in Poland, Slovenia and Romania, among other territories. The service is available to subscribers of TARR  Kft, Tolna, Somogy, Baranya, Bács-Kiskun, Fejér, Zala and …