World Screen

ATLANTA: Cartoon Network is to premiere 22 fresh episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars for a third season, which kicks off with a special one-hour premiere event on September 17. This follows on the strong performance of Clone Wars …

LOS ANGELES: TV Land has picked up the reality series Forever Young from Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg’s Katalyst and 3 Ball Productions. The six-episode reality competition Forever Young takes aim at ageism, exploring the generations’ ideas and misconceptions about …

NEW YORK: MTV Networks’ HD music channel Palladia has a new lineup of live performance premieres for fall, including the return of the annual Outdoor Music Week. Outdoor Music Week kicks off August 30 through September 6 with live performances from …

NEW YORK: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has unveiled the nominees for the 2010 news and current affairs categories, with winners to be announced at a ceremony in New York City on September 27. The nominees represent …

LONDON: Channel 5’s new owner, Northern & Shell, has announced a restructure that sees the exit of Dawn Airey and Richard Woolfe, among others, and the elevation of Jeff Ford, with a number of cost-cutting measures to be put in …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2010 issue of TV Asia Pacific.   The past year has seen tremendous growth for Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific. In February, the company picked up a majority interest in the Hindi-language entertainment …

COUNTRIES: Portugal, Angola and Mozambique.  LAUNCH DATE: May 23, 1996. OWNERSHIP: Dreamia, a joint venture between Chello Multicanal and ZON Multimédia. DISTRIBUTION: The channel is available on ZON TV Cabo, Meo, Cabovisão, Optimus Clix, Vodafone, AR, MultiChoice and Zap. DESCRIPTION: …

BURBANK: A further eight episodes of Shark Tank, an entrepreneurial-competition series from Mark Burnett, have been ordered by ABC. The show watches as aspiring entrepreneurs try to convince five multi-millionaire tycoons to take part in their business ideas. The five …

SEOUL: Korean’s ToonZip Animation, Malaysia’s Centraline Animation and Connectoon from Italy are collaborating on the new kids’ series Robot ARPO, which is set to be released in 2011. Written by U.S. screenwriter Jeffrey Scott, the 52×11-minute 3D animation is expected to …

KUALA LUMPUR: A new five-year agreement sees Total Sports Asia producing and distributing an exclusive TV magazine show on the Saudi Professional Football League. The program will showcase SPL action outside of Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, bringing increased …