World Screen

LONDON: The U.K.’s ITV1 has commissioned a second season of Banijay International’s competitive reality format 71 Degrees North. The show, in which ten celebrities test their physical and mental limits through competitions as they trek through the Norwegian highlands, is …

SYDNEY: A week since ousting Grant Blackley, Ten Network has appointed a new CEO, James Warburton, who joins the broadcaster from rival Seven Media Group. Lachlan Murdoch was named acting CEO while Ten searched for a new chief. Warburton takes on …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has signed up Nine Network in Australia to air Impossible Pictures’ big-budget adaptation of Sinbad in 2012. The 13×45-minute series is set in the 8th century, and is a modern retelling of the classic tale of the pirate …

Having carved a niche as a leading source for fact-based investigative content, Investigation Discovery (ID) currently has the fastest-growing audience in the U.S. cable landscape. The network is off to a strong start in 2011, after having scored record-breaking ratings …

HONG KONG: Lionsgate’s Jon Feltheimer and DISH Network’s Charlie Ergen, plus media regulators from India and Indonesia, are among the latest additions to the speaker lineup at the Asia Pacific Pay-TV Operators Summit (APOS), organized by Media Partners Asia. APOS is …

LONDON: Beating analysts expectations, ITV’s full-year adjusted pre-tax profit soared from £108 million to £321 million, on revenues that were up 10 percent to £2.1 billion. "Last year we set out a comprehensive five year plan for the transformation of …

SINGAPORE: Zinkia Entertainment’s Pocoyo character has been tapped to serve as the first official global kids’ ambassador for World Wildlife Fund’s Earth Hour "Beyond the Hour" environmental campaign. Pocoyo’s adventures will be used to raise environmental awareness among children. The …

LONDON: DRG has secured four international production partnerships for the quiz format Sell Me the Answer, including a pickup in the U.S. In the U.S., the quiz show, in which players barter with an audience for answers in a bid …

SILVER SPRING: Science Channel’s breakout series Oddities, which spotlights an NYC emporium of the mysterious and the macabre, returns for a second season on April 9. Oddities is set within Obscura, a shop in New York’s East Village that deals …

PREMIUM: The Hub has the highest percentage of co-viewing in the kids’ channel landscape, according to the network’s CEO, Margaret Loesch, who tells TV Kids about her programming remit in this exclusive interview. Last October, The Hub, a joint venture …