World Screen

NEW YORK: Rainbow Media Global has signed a deal with Shine International for season two of the hit Bravo show Tabatha’s Salon Takeover to air on its WE tv channel in Asia. The series stars Tabatha Coffey (Shear Genius), and …

BANFF: Movie Central has teamed up with William Shatner’s production company Melis Productions and Ballinran Productions on a feature-length documentary on the life of Shatner, tentatively titled The Captains. The doc will follow the life and career of Shatner, tracing …

BANFF: Ricky Gervais and William Shatner were among those to receive an award at the Banff World Television Festival and nextMEDIA. Gervais took home the Sir Peter Ustinov Award for comedy, while Shatner was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award. …

HONG KONG: Following its April launch on StarHub in Singapore, Turner Broadcasting’s truTV is set to roll out in the Philippines and Vietnam next month. In the Philippines, Turner Entertainment has appointed Asian Cable Communications Inc (ACCION) as the truTV distributor to …

SINGAPORE: As BroadcastAsia kicked off in Singapore today, the country’s Media Development Authority (MDA) announced plans for a 3-D television trial across multiple platforms. The one-year trial began today on terrestrial TV, cable TV and IPTV, in partnership with MediaCorp, …

HYDERABAD: DQ Entertainment has signed a deal to provide more than 100 half-hours of animated programming to Sun TV of India, covering series such as Casper’s Scare School. The agreement sees DQE providing Sun TV with 117 half-hours that were …

LOS ANGELES: Kerry Valentine has joined Rubicon Studios’ production team in Woodland Hills, California, where she is responsible for the day-to-day production activities for the company’s entire slate of animated projects. As head of production, Valentine will oversee the production …

LONDON: BSkyB has rejected a buyout proposal from News Corporation that offers 700 pence per share, but is willing to consider a bid of more than 800 pence per share. News Corp. this morning approached the Sky board with a …

LONDON: Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) has named Nigel Ponder as executive director for ad sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Ponder will be responsible for commercial revenues from international and pan-regional advertisers and through local sales …

MILAN: Sky Italia has made a series of appointments, including that of Jacques Raynaud as VP of the sports and advertising divisions. Raynaud is currently the co-chairman of Eurosport Group, where he gained some 20 years of experience in the …