World Screen

HONG KONG: National Geographic Channel and Panasonic have teamed up to bring a special programming block focused on UNESCO World Heritage sites to viewers across Asia, North America, South America, Europe and Australia. The year-long agreement will see the two …

LOS ANGELES: Jane Lynch, an Emmy Award-winning actress whose credits include a starring role on Glee, as well as Party Down and The L Word, among others, is to host the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards, which will air live from …

EL SEGUNDO: DIRECTV Latin America has amassed more than 10 million customers, hitting the milestone eight weeks after posting its best-ever results in the first quarter, on top of a record year for subscriber growth and revenue for 2010. DIRECTV …

HONG KONG: Rising content acquisition costs are the number one concern for Asia Pacific pay-TV platforms, according to a CASBAA survey, followed by distribution costs and the regulatory environment. CASBAA notes that 71.4 percent of the respondents listed content costs are their …

SANTA MONICA: Ovation has put in place a three-week programming event, American Revolutionaries: The Hitmakers, which looks at some of pop music’s most influential artists. The event kicks off July 1 and runs through July 24. Justin Bua will host …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC is reviving the reality competition series Fear Factor, which ran on the network for five years starting in 2001. The network’s sister channel Chiller has been airing Fear Factor repeats for some time, scoring high ratings for …

LOS ANGELES: Matt Cooperstein is joining Content Television in a role that will see him leading its renewed activity in the kids, teens and tweens programming arena. Cooperstein will be based in Content’s U.S. office. He will be working to …

HAMILTON: New-release movies and library titles from Warner Bros. are being made available through Voyo, Central European Media Enterprises’ video-on-demand portal. The deal includes such titles as The Hangover Part II and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, …

NEW YORK: Electus/Engine Entertainment has secured international deals for the VH1 reality hit Mob Wives with broadcasters in Australia, Canada and Latin America, among others. Agreements have been secured with networks in more than 20 territories, among them Australia (XYZnetworks), …

NEW YORK: Industry veteran Dick Robertson discusses in this video interview his partnership with Globo and the great potential the catalogue has for the U.S. and Canadian markets.   At the start of the year, Globo TV International entered into …