World Screen

NEW YORK/MIAMI: Dan Salerno is joining BBC Worldwide Channels to serve as VP of programming for Latin America and the U.S. Hispanic market, where his remit includes BBC Entertainment and CBeebies. Salerno will be responsible for leading strategic programming efforts for the two …

DALLAS: Kathleen Dore, who most recently served as president of broadcasting at Canwest Media, has been nominated to join the board of directors at Blockbuster, where she would fill the seat being exited by James Crystal. Crystal announced that he …

BUENOS AIRES: Dori Media Group’s content portal, Novebox.com, is working with MSN on the creation of on-demand, Spanish-language services for MSN portals in Latin America and the U.S. Hispanic market. The service, to be offered on a subscription or per-use basis, …

LONDON: Sony Entertainment Television has expanded its Russian reach, scoring carriage on National Cable Networks (NCN) and St. Petersburg Cable Television (SPCT). The network, Sony Pictures Television’s latest channel brand in Russia and the CIS, now has extensive coverage in …

HYDERABAD: Production is under way on the 3D stereoscopic feature film The Prodigies, which DQ Entertainment International is producing with Onyx Films and Fidélité Films. The project is budgeted at $28 million and is in fast-track production for a March …

BURBANK: This fall, Disney Channel is set to premiere a new live-action buddy comedy series about best friends who are part of a teen dance show. Created by Chris Thompson and executive-produced by Thompson and Rob Lotterstein, the series begins …

ENGLEWOOD/ATLANTA: DISH Network has reached a deal to keep The Weather Channel as part of its satellite-TV lineup, just a few days after saying it would replace the network with its own 24-hour weather service. Last week, the platform said …

LINWOOD: After five years on cable (CMT and TLC), the Miss America Pageant is returning to network television via a multi-year deal with ABC. ABC, which hasn’t aired the pageant since 2004, is due to broadcast Miss America 2011 on January 15, …

NEW YORK: Carl Icahn has again extended his $7-per-share tender offer for Lionsgate stock, with the deadline now set at 8 p.m. New York time on June 1. The billionaire financier has been attempting a takeover of the independent studio and …

BURBANK: Two popular Looney Tunes characters, Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, are headed to the big screen via 3-D animated shorts that will be attached to upcoming Warner Bros. Pictures family features. The first short will be seen with …