World Screen

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Communications is replacing its HD Theater network with Velocity in the fourth quarter, targeting upscale men with HD content in the automotive, sports and leisure, adventure and travel genres. Available in about 40 million homes at launch, the service’s lineup …

NEW YORK: OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has revealed plans for 60 hours of new television for its upcoming season, with four renewed shows and six new originals, including one from Kinetic Content with Louie Spence of Sky1’s Pineapple Dance Studios. "After …

SCOTTSDALE: The number of pay-TV subscribers worldwide increased by 6 percent in 2010, according to new data from In-Stat, with China as the world’s largest pay-TV market. At at the end of the year, China had 160 million subscribers. The …

LONDON: The Walt Disney Company’s London-based production hub for EMEA is working with Canada’s Nerd Corps Entertainment and YTV on the new animated comedy Rated A for Awesome, which is set to make its debut this June in the U.S. …

ISTANBUL: Global Agency has received offers from the U.S. Hispanic market and a host of European territories for the Show TV Turkish drama Magnificent Century, which was launched to the international market at MIPTV. Broadcasters in Spanish-speaking U.S.A., Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, …

NEW YORK: In what it is calling its biggest acquisition to date, truTV has picked up ABC’s version of Wipeout, and has unveiled its upcoming programming initiatives. The network has licensed the exclusive, off-network cable rights to the Endemol format-based series …

LOS ANGELES: The Style Network has a host of new shows in development and has ordered ten episodes of Glam Fairy, a spinoff of Jerseylicious, from Endemol USA. The new show focuses on Alexa Prisco as she sets up The Glam …

MIAMI: Venevision Productions’ Eva Luna reached more than 9.7 million viewers during its April 12 two-hour finale on Univision. The hit telenovela, starring Guy Ecker and Blanca Soto, had an average rating of 27.8 in its 8 p.m. time slot …

LONDON: Zodiak América Latina is a new division of the Zodiak Media Group that will work on developing and producing content across Latin America and in the U.S. Hispanic market. The new division will be led by Giorgio Gori as …

ENGLEWOOD: DISH Network has inked a four-year deal to serve as the exclusive U.S. home for the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament, and has added the NEO Cricket and TEN Cricket networks to its lineup. DISH Network will air all …