World Screen

NEW YORK: The documentary programming lineup Logo Docs returns for a new season on MTV Networks’ Logo channel, kicking off with the premiere of Anne Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens. Life Through a Lens, which explores the ups and downs of …

The first Hollywood studio to embrace the model of producing content outside of the U.S., Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has built up a broad network of wholly owned and joint-venture production partners across the globe. Historically a leader in scripted …

LONDON: Fireworks International is to become Content Television as part of its parent company’s rebrand as Content Media Corporation plc. Content Television will be one of three divisions at Content Media, alongside Content Film (formerly ContentFilm International) and Content Digital, …

LOS ANGELES: An Ernst & Young report reveals that cable operators showed the highest profitability among all media and entertainment sectors, while the fastest growth is coming from the interactive media segment. The study goes on to say that the media …

MIAMI: Telemundo Communications Group has named Patricio Wills as president of Producciones RTI (PRTI), Telemundo’s strategic joint venture in Colombia focused on producing Spanish-language telenovelas and series. Wills has overseen production of a number of Telemundo’s original programming, including the …

LONDON: Zodiak Rights has secured a deal between Zodiak Media Group’s Holland-based Palm Plus and U.S. producer Magical Elves to co-develop a new format, Key Party, for the Dutch market. The format, which will be presented to Dutch broadcasters in …

VIENNA: Beatrice Riesenfelder is taking on the role of second managing director for ORF-Enterprise, where she will be working alongside Franz Prenner. Reisenfelder returned to the ORF-Enterprise management team at the start of the year, after having established ORF’s content …

PARIS: Jamie Campbell Bower is set to join co-stars Joseph Fiennes and Eva Green at MIPTV for the international premiere of Camelot. The first two episodes of the series will be screened in the Palais des Festival’s Grand Auditorium on April …

TORONTO: The National Film Board of Canada is in the works on a 3D documentary, The St. Judes, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Jeffrey St. Jules and produced by the NFB Ontario Centre’s Anita Lee. The project uses archival footage, black-and-white …

SINGAPORE: HBO Asia has acquired a raft of programming to complement its exclusive output deals with Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Universal Studios and Warner Bros., including titles from Lionsgate and WWE Studios. “With 70 percent of 2010’s top 20 U.S. box office …