World Screen

HONG KONG: An investor group led by entrepreneur Charles Chan Kwok Keung that includes Providence Equity Partners has acquired Shaw Brothers’ 26-percent stake in TVB for an undisclosed sum. Chan, chairman of ITC Corp., and Providence are joined in the investor group by …

TORONTO: Sony Pictures Television has licensed the new CBS midseason comedy Mad Love to CTV for launch February 14. The Canadian broadcaster will simulcast Mad Love with CBS on Valentine’s Day at 8:30 p.m. The series, about a twenty-something couple in love and …

LONDON: The average TV viewer in the U.K. spent 28 hours and 15 minutes per week watching live, linear TV in 2010, an increase of 2 hours and 4 minutes on 2009. The data, from the Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board (BARB) …

MIAMI: Speaking with World Screen‘s Anna Carugati at NATPE, César Conde, president of Univision Networks, outlined how the U.S. Hispanic broadcaster plans to become the number one network in the country, regardless of language, in five years. "We’ve been very …

LONDON: Boosted by growth in its subscriber base, BSkyB reported first-half revenues of £3.2 billion, up 15 percent, delivering an operating profit of £520 million and an EBITDA of £677 million. The platform surpassed the 10 million customer milestone in the …

MIAMI: Don Browne, the president of Telemundo Communications Group, discussed the success of the company’s original programming model, as well as the importance of the upcoming Census results, in a Q&A session at NATPE, moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati. …

LONDON: Initial, an Endemol company, has been tapped to produce Don’t Scare the Hare for BBC One, which will air the family game show on Saturday nights.  Each episode combines comedy, tension and slapstick. Two teams of contestants take on …

MIAMI: Popland is a new teen telenovela format in the works from MTV Latin America, following the success of Niñas Mal.  Popland marks the first scripted series 100 percent produced by MTV Latin America. The network has commissioned 75 one-hour episodes …

TORONTO: 9 Story Entertainment has granted DVD distribution rights for its live-action movie Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars to The Walt Disney Company for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.  The movie features the literary character of Harriet the Spy, …

NEW YORK: Supermodel and TV personality Heidi Klum has secured a digital content partnership with AOL to create exclusive web originals focused on fashion, beauty, parenting, arts and crafts, relationships and lifestyles.  Klum and Full Pictures Entertainment, the producers behind …