World Screen

NEW YORK: Richard Propper, the founder and president of Solid Entertainment, discusses his business strategy in this video interview, along with talking about WESTDOC, the conference he co-founded for the nonfiction arena.   Through its extensive and diverse catalogue, Solid …

LONDON: Anthony Rose, the chief technology officer of YouView, the yet-to-launch IPTV joint venture formerly known as Project Canvas, after serving less than six months. Rose, one of the architects of the BBC iPlayer, will continue to work with the company …

LONDON: The BT Vision Kids channel has become the first service to offer children on-demand access to the hit show The Wiggles. Viewers can watch, pause or rewind the show whenever they want. The series made its debut on BT Vision …

NEW YORK: Univision is once again serving as the exclusive U.S. home for the Copa America tournament, delivering coverage of the 26-day event across its broadcast and cable TV, interactive and on-demand platforms. Copa America 2011, the premier international soccer …

NEW YORK: The third season of the hit series Merlin makes its debut on Syfy on January 7, in a 10 p.m. time slot. The series’ second run, which wrapped in June, averaged 1.72 million total viewers. Syfy will also …

SYDNEY: Beyond Distribution is ramping up its efforts to add more U.K. content to its catalogue, covering genres such as drama, factual, factual entertainment and kids. Yvonne Body, the head of co-productions and acquisitions at Beyond, commented, “Beyond has traditionally …

SINGAPORE: Content from E!, Style, G4 and Golf Channel has been sold across a number of distribution platforms in the Asia Pacific, including linear broadcast, on demand, mobile and DVD, by Comcast International Media Group (CIMG). “We’re pleased to make some …

SINGAPORE: At the Asia TV Forum today, the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) announced that it is reteaming with the U.K.’s South West Screen for the second Multi-Platform Content Across Continents initiative. The two organizations will select a maximum of five projects …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: The critically acclaimed AMC and Fox International Channels series The Walking Dead has been licensed by Entertainment One (eOne) into a number of international territories, including the U.K., with Channel 5. In addition, DBS Satellite has acquired the pay-TV …

BEVERLY HILLS/BURBANK: The signing of a new deal sees hundreds of episodes of programming from ABC, Disney Channel and ABC Family available for streaming on Netflix. The content will be available no earlier than 15 days after the initial telecast. …