World Screen

  This article originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2010 issue of TV Real.   Truth is stranger than fiction. This especially applies to twisted tales of bizarre crimes, investigations into criminal minds and stories of everyday people pushed to the …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2010 issue of World Screen and TV Real.  Fox International Channels (FIC), owned by News Corporation, operates 183 wholly and majority-owned pay-TV channels, and their related online, nonlinear and mobile extensions, across Latin …

As CEO of Fox International Channels and National Geographic Channels Worldwide, David Haslingden knows that National Geographic Channel, in the U.S. and around the world, has a dual mission. It invites viewers to re-think the way they see television—and the …

SYDNEY: The Screentime Group’s board of management is to include Des Monaghan, Bob Campbell, Greg Haddrick, Philly de Lacey and Larry Bass. Haddrick, Screentime’s Sydney-based head of drama, becomes group executive director. Philly de Lacey, who heads up Screentime’s New …

LONDON: Launching on the heels of the channel’s one-year anniversary, the new Food Network UK iPhone app features professionally-tested recipes and how-to videos from a number of the world’s best-known chefs. Food Network UK in the Kitchen allows users to …

MIAMI: DOMA in Slovakia is launching the Telemundo Internacional production Falling Angel today. The novela stars Gaby Espino, Miguel Varoni, and Jencarlos Canela. It is currently airing in more than 12 countries, including Canada, Colombia, Bulgaria, Hungary and Serbia. The …

SÃO PAULO/MIAMI: The Clone, a co-production from Telemundo Internacional and Globo TV International, has launched in Bulgaria, with other European deals having been wrapped in countries such as Croatia and Lithuania. The Clone made its debut in Bulgaria on BTV, …

SINGAPORE: ESPN STAR Sports and SBS Media Holdings are launching a new joint venture in Korea, SBS ESPN, which will feature local and international sports programming. The new channel will deliver live and exclusive coverage of sporting events such as the …

LOS ANGELES: The new VH1 original series The X Life, to premiere in early 2011, features some of the biggest names in action sports and the women who love and support them. The ten-episode series features Pierre Luc Gagnon (Vert …

DUBAI/LONDON: A new deal between MBC Group and MTV Networks International will see a Nickelodeon programming block featured on MBC 3 across the Middle East. The exclusive multiplatform deal covers TV, digital media and consumer products. MBC 3 will feature a dedicated …