World Screen

SINGAPORE: Universal Networks International (UNI) is replacing the Hallmark Channel brand in Asia with DIVA Universal, a new entertainment channel targeting viewers in their 20s and 30s. As of September 19, DIVA Universal will reach more than 20 million viewers across 21 …

NEW YORK: With revenues up 8 percent to $32.8 billion for fiscal 2010 News Corporation posted a full-year profit of $2.5 billion, as compared with the $3.4 billion loss in fiscal 2009. For Q4, meanwhile, net profit was $875 million, …

LOS ANGELES: Fox LOOK has named Stephen Wong the senior VP of business development and operations and Glen Hansen the VP of sales. Fox LOOK is a unit of Fox Networks Group that specializes in the international licensing and production …

LONDON: A second season of 13 half-hour episodes of Chuggington has been added to Disney Channel’s Playhouse Disney block in the U.S. Ludorum has licensed Chuggington into more than 175 territories worldwide. The first season of 26 half-hours of the …

LONDON/TORONTO: Entertainment One (eOne) has taken on the U.K. and Canadian distribution rights to the 3D film Gnomeo and Juliet from Pathé International. The film is set to be released in February 2011 in the U.K. and Canada, followed by …

SILVER SPRING: A host of new series and specials have been scheduled for the fall lineup of Investigation Discovery, including Hardcover Mysteries and The Will: Family Secrets Revealed. The new series Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry? kicks off August …

HONG KONG: Nick Brien, the chairman and CEO of advertising agency McCann Worldgroup, will participate in an In Conversation session at the CASBAA Convention 2010 in Hong Kong on October 26. Brien has two decades of worldwide experience in advertising, …

LOS ANGELES: The Spin Crowd, the first project from executive producer Kim Kardashian, is to premiere August 22 on E!, immediately following the fifth season premiere of Keeping Up with the Kardashians. The Spin Crowd follows PR guru Jonathan Cheban …

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES: Executives from NBC, ABC, CBS and FOX have signed on to participate in an event mixer put on by Productions Without Borders (PWB) aimed at promoting diversity in Canada’s production industry. The event, Making Diversity Matter, takes place …

LONDON: Sky1 has canceled plans to bring back the cult science-fiction series Blake’s 7. The series originally aired on BBC One between 1978 and 1981. A spokeswoman for Sky1 commented: "Following the development process we have decided not to produce Blake’s …