World Screen

NEW YORK: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has started accepting submissions for the 2011 International Emmy Awards. The deadline for all submissions is February 20, 2011. In order to be eligible, the projects must have been created …

NEW YORK: Greg Bonann, the part-time lifeguard who co-created Baywatch, is hoping to have a similar level of success with his new show, Pt Dume.   First broadcast from 1990 to 1999, the original Baywatch has been ranked by the …

NEW YORK: More Americans than ever before watched video on their mobile devices in the second quarter of 2010, according to Nielsen’s new State of the Media report. The number of people watching videos on their mobiles is still small …

The founder of KidsCo, launched three years ago, aims to make the London-based channel one of the “big four” in the worldwide children’s market. Launched in late 2007, KidsCo is already available in 95 countries in 18 languages, but with …

WASHINGTON: The Federal Communications Commission is proposing a set of new rules that would strengthen the government’s role in preventing customers from losing TV channels during disputes between pay-TV operators and station owners. William Lake, the FCC’s media bureau chief, …

STOCKHOLM/MIAMI/MADRID: Sparks Network is eyeing further expansion into the Latin American and U.S. Hispanic markets, signing a representation and co-operation agreement with a new joint venture set up by its Madrid-based member, Zebra Produccions, and Luis Villanueva’s Somos Distribution. Somos Distribution will …

HONG KONG: Sony Pictures Television has appointed Catherine Yi-Beom Park as executive director for distribution in the Asia Pacific, based in Seoul. Reporting to Angel Orengo, senior VP of distribution in the region, Park will manage the sales team in the Korean …

SINGAPORE: At the ATF today, the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) and broadcasting group MediaCorp issued a call for digital content proposals from local producers, with a view to creating original productions for the xinmsn video platform. This extension of MDA’s Content …

SINGAPORE: Globo TV International, which is showcasing a varied slate at the Asia TV Forum this week in Singapore, has sold a number of titles, including the novela Two Faces, into Vietnam. Seven Women, Two Faces and the 13 episodes of GloboDoc …

LONDON/AUCKLAND: BBC Worldwide has planned to relaunch the Documentary Channel in New Zealand as BBC Knowledge next year, joining BBC World News and UKTV on the Sky platform. The factual channel has already found success in more than a dozen …