World Screen

STOCKHOLM/LONDON: Turner Broadcasting Europe has acquired 100 percent of the Millennium Media Group to create a new channels and content business targeted at the Scandinavian market. The new group will be created from the combination of Turner Nordic and MMG …

SCOTTSDALE: Revenues from web-to-TV video content will rise from $2 billion to more than $17 billion by 2014, at which point there will be 57 U.S. million U.S. broadband homes watching full-length online video on the TV set, In-Stat reports. "The over-the-top (OTT) …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2010 issue of TV Europe.   With some 20,000 hours of programming in its catalogue, encompassing entertainment, factual, drama, comedy and lifestyle, FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has something for just about any channel and …

The NHK-MediaCorp collaboration was created for independent directors who live and work in Asia, to tell original stories about their country and culture. Early last week Singapore’s MediaCorp and Japan’s NHK announced their selection of projects to commission after a …

October 20-21 Ottawa, Canada From October 20 to 24, the Canadian capital city of Ottawa will again take center stage in the animation universe. The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) attracts attendees from around the world, from film buffs and …

WEST HOLLYWOOD: Shankly International Distribution has sold its rock-climbing adventure series First Ascent, co-produced by National Geographic Channels International, into more than eight new territories. BBC Scandinavia signed on to broadcast the show in Scandinavia and Poland. Extreme Channel in the …

LONDON: Vintage TV, a channel dedicated to music from the 1940s to 1980s, makes its broadcast debut on September 1 on Sky and Freesat. The destination targets viewers over 50 with five decades of music, featuring legends such as Nat …

HOLLYWOOD: A second season of Wilson & Ditch: Digging America is in production from The Jim Henson Company. The online property follows two comical gophers on a cross-country adventure as they explore America. New destinations explored in season two will …

NEW YORK: Revenues at 4Kids Entertainment in the second quarter dropped from $3.6 million to $2.5 million, the company announced today, while its net loss also fell, from $13.8 million a year ago to $6.5 million. The reduction in the net …

LOS ANGELES: Syd Vinnedge has teamed up with Chuck Thomas and Simone Thorogood to create Pop Monkey Productions, which has already secured a development deal with ITV Studios. Vinnedge is a 35 year veteran of the TV industry. He most recently served …