World Screen

NEW YORK: Anita Stewart is to become the new senior VP of corporate partnerships at Sesame Workshop. Stewart joined the company in 2003 and is responsible for developing and securing strategic corporate alliances and sponsorship programs for Sesame Workshop’s signature …

PHILADELPHIA: Comcast Corporation’s Xfinity platform is offering up online access to some 150,000 videos—including hit TV series, blockbuster movies, independent features and more—to its digital cable customers at no extra charge. The slate includes episodic TV, Hollywood and indie movies, kids’ …

MONTREAL: Principal photography is under way on the new Incendo thriller Stealing Paradise, starring Rachel Leigh Cook and Graham Abbey. Stealing Paradise is to air in Canada in 2011 on The Movie Network, Movie Central and Super Écran. The story …

LONDON: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has picked up the North American home-entertainment rights to The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, IFC’s scripted comedy series that premiered in the U.S. this month. FME will represent the home-entertainment rights to the show in …

NEW YORK: The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced the recipients of this year’s Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards, to take place as part of the 2011 International CES, where Sir Howard Stringer will be honored with …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Waters has written to FCC chief Julius Genachowski to express her concerns over the planned Comcast-NBC Universal merger, citing the Cablevision/Fox spat as an example of the harm that could be done to consumers. "In …

BETHPAGE: Cablevision Systems Corp. has filed a response to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) "documenting bad faith negotiations by News Corp." in the talks to renew carriage of FOX and other networks. The cable platform is urging the federal agency "to …

NEW YORK: Former American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi has signed on for the new Bravo music competition series Going Platinum (working title), which will be hosted by Jewel. The series will follow 12 musicians as they compete in a number …

LOS ANGELES: The 19th annual British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Los Angeles’ Britannia Awards will make their exclusive U.S. debut on TV Guide Network on November 7. This marks the first time the awards have ever aired …

HONG KONG: There are almost 363 million homes subscribing to pay TV in Asia, according to new data released at the annual CASBAA Convention, which kicked off this week in Hong Kong, with a penetration rate that now stands at 50 percent. The Cable …