World Screen

NEW YORK: CBS is claiming victory in the 2010-2011 season among all viewers, while FOX looks set to again reign supreme among the 18-to-49 set. CBS says this is its eighth victory in the past nine years among all viewers. In this …

TORONTO: At this year’s Banff World Media Festival, Conceptual Films is launching the 360-degree initiative FOTO with Struan, an interactive portal for the iPad dedicated to photography. Powered by moboVivo’s miScreens platform, FOTO follows fashion photographer Struan on a journey …

MADRID: Zinkia Entertainment’s Pocoyo is expanding its retail presence, with the property’s DVD titles from NCircle Entertainment to be offered at Kmart, 7-Eleven and Redbox video kiosks. Maria Doolan, the managing director of brand and business development for Zinkia Entertainment, commented: …

MONTEREY: The market for over-the-top (OTT) video services in Europe is being driven by rollouts in the U.K. and France, SNL Kagan reports in a new study. The study focused on France, Germany, Italy, the U.K. and Spain and found …

TORONTO: Skyreader Media, the recently established eReading division of Skywriter Media and Entertainment Group, has unveiled Skyreader, a new patent-pending technology platform that transforms books and other IP into interactive eBook apps. Skyreader was created to deliver Skywriter’s library of …

LOS ANGELES: OWN is taking an hour from its regularly scheduled programming today, May 25, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., to direct viewers to watch the final episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show. The network has also lined up …

NEW YORK: Nickelodeon has ordered a third season of Big Time Rush, the live-action comedy created by Scott Fellows and produced in partnership with Sony Music. The series stars Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Carlos Pena and Logan Henderson; it chronicles …

TOKYO: In an initiative to help those affected by the Great East Japan earthquake, Nippon Television Network and its 31 affiliates that comprise the 24-Hour Television Charity Committee have donated 530 million yen toward relief efforts. This is its second …

PARIS: Mistral Production has signed up eight countries to participate in the new series The Biggest Game Show in the World, a large-scale version of its Intercities format. Armenia, Belarus, China, Czech Republic, France, Russia, the U.K. and Ukraine have …

LONDON: Chello Zone is launching its preschool channel JimJam on Skynindo, Indonesia’s newest pay-TV supplier. Skynindo provides viewers with digital TV, featuring a range of Asian-influenced information, entertainment and education programming; shows such as Thomas & Friends, Bob the Builder, Barney, Angelina …