World Screen

TORONTO: Bell Media is renaming its /A network to CTV Two this fall, coinciding with the launch of a companion HD service. The move also comes as the channel is expanding its reach into the full Toronto extended market next …

TORONTO: The Banff World Media Festival is presenting the inaugural Award of Excellence in Digital Media to Lisa Kudrow at the Interactive Rockies for her online series Web Therapy. Kudrow is the co-producer, co-writer and star of Web Therapy, which …

SINGAPORE: AXN is set to launch its original musical series The Kitchen Musical across 22 Asian markets, with 13 hour-long episodes in production. The Kitchen Musical is set in the musical world of a famous restaurant. The story follows as …

LOS ANGELES: Summit Entertainment has signed an exclusive output deal with HBO that covers its theatrical releases from January 2013 through the end of 2017. The studio, which currently has an output deal with Showtime, is the only "mini-major" to …

PARIS: Reed MIDEM has released the final dates for MIPTV 2012, with the market set to begin Sunday April 1, rather than on Saturday, March 31, as initially announced. In an email to the organization’s clients and partners, Laurine Garaude, director of …

MIAMI: Univision Network is set to end the 2010-2011 broadcast season as the fastest-growing broadcast network in the U.S. among adults aged 18 to 49. Within the age range, Univision has grown its prime-time audience by 8 percent; on Friday nights …

BETHPAGE: Cablevision Systems Corp. has filed a proposal with the FCC seeking reform of the current system governing the retransmission consent process. Broadcast stations have been seeking increased retransmission carriage fees from pay-TV providers. SNL Kagan recently reported that U.S. broadcast retransmission …

LOS ANGELES: OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has scored the rights to eight episodes of the new wedding series Don’t Tell the Bride, which is based on the U.K. show of the same name. The show gives eight financially struggling couples …

TORONTO: History Television in Canada is launching all new episodes of Breakthrough Entertainment’s Greatest Tank Battles starting on May 30. The factual CGI series, which debuted on the network in January 2010, features true stories of ordinary men who did …

TOKYO: Sony Corporation’s financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, include a net loss of 259.6 billion yen ($3.1 billion), largely as a result of charges related to this year’s devastating Japanese earthquake. Revenues for the company …