World Screen

LOS GATOS: Netflix plans to launch its subscription streaming content service in Canada later this year, marking the company’s first expansion outside of the U.S. market. Canadian subscribers will be able to access a variety of movies and TV episodes, streamed …

BURBANK: On August 3, The CW will launch 18 to Life, a CBC comedy that is represented worldwide by ITV Studios Global Entertainment. Billed as a modern-day Romeo and Juliet, the 12×30-minute 18 to Life will air Tuesday nights, with back-to-back …

AMSTERDAM: BlazHoffski Group, the producer behind such hit formats as Hello Goodbye, has acquired fellow Dutch outfit Dahl TV for an undisclosed sum. Dahl TV, founded in 2002 by Maurice Dekkers and Benthe Forrer, is best known for the formats …

LONDON: ZenithOptimedia is forecasting a 3.5 percent increase in global ad revenues this year to $447.5 billion, up from a previous projection of 2.2 percent, with a 1.3-percent increase in the developed markets of North America, Western Europe and Japan and …

NEW YORK: Paula Kerger, the president and CEO of PBS, will serve as the Gala Chair for this year’s International Emmy Awards, taking place November 22 in New York City. Kerger will speak during the opening ceremony of the 38th International …

LONDON: Apple chief Steve Jobs has moved to the number one position on the MediaGuardian 100 annual list of the most powerful people in media, bumping Google’s Sergey Brin and Larry Page to the number two spot. Jobs, who last …

This interview was originally published in the MIPTV 2010 issue of World Screen.   A leader in catch-up TV, BBC’s iPlayer allows viewers in the U.K. to find and play programs from the past seven days and watch them online. …

September 13 to 15 Santa Monica, California The U.S. Pacific Coast has long served as a stomping ground for producers, creators and program-makers in the non-fiction, documentary and reality TV sectors. WESTDOC: The West Coast Documentary and Reality Conference was …

ORIGIN: Based on the award-winning magazine Wild Animal Baby, which reaches more than a half million kids/families each month. DISTRIBUTOR: Beyond Distribution CREATOR: National Wildlife Federation EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Tony Summers & Steven Katz COMMISSIONING BROADCASTER: American Public Television TV SHOW: …

LOS ANGELES: BET Networks has named Robi Reed as the VP of talent and casting for original programming, overseeing both scripted and non-scripted series. Reed is based in Los Angeles. She recently cast BET’s newest scripted program Let’s Stay Together, a …