World Screen

SÃO PAULO: TV Globo Internacional has been added to the lineup of Swisscom TV in Switzerland. The recently launched pay-TV operation already has 320,000 subscribers. The programming will be distributed by IPTV in an option of premium a la carte. …

LONDON: Remarkable Television, an Endemol company, has been commissioned to produce a fourth run of The Million Pound Drop Live for Channel 4. The game show, hosted by Davina McCall, watches as contestants are given all the prize money at …

STOCKHOLM: The drama series Ezel, produced by Ay Yapim, has been sold by Sparks Network to a number of new broadcasters across Europe and the Middle East. The production originated in Turkey and has been licensed to broadcasters in more …

AUCKLAND: Greenstone Pictures has purchased 100-percent ownership of Cream Media, behind such hits as Border Patrol. Greenstone is best known for long-running factual hits such as Motorway Patrol, The Zoo, Neighbours at War and Serious Crash Unit, as well as …

NEW YORK: MTV Networks’ Entertainment Group has promoted Meghann Wu to VP of strategy and business development, elevated from serving as senior director of the department. In the newly expanded role, Wu continues her responsibility for strategic planning for Spike but …

MUMBAI: BIG CBS Networks has landed another distribution deal ahead of its launch in the Indian market, this time with Hathway Cable and Datacom. Hathway Cable, India’s leading Cable TV MSO, will distribute the three premium English-language entertainment channels: BIG …

NEW YORK: VH1 has given a straight-to-series commitment to Mob Wives, a new reality series to be produced by The Weinstein Company and Ben Silverman’s Electus. The reality show is based on the lives of four struggling "allegedly" associated women …

NEW DELHI: Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific (DNAP) has entered into a partnership with Apalya Technologies to make its bouquet of channels available on the mobile platform in India. Programs from Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Discovery Turbo and Discovery Science launched …

TORONTO: Playhouse Disney in Canada is rebranding its English- and French-language services as Disney Junior as of May 2011, following suit with its U.S. counterparts. Disney Junior will launch with new series such as Jake and the Neverland Pirates. Also …

MUNICH: After 17 years with Tele München Group (TMG), Bernd Schlötterer is leaving the company at the end of the year, with Dirk Schweitzer of RTL Television to succeed as managing director. Schlötterer was a member of the top management, …