World Screen

LONDON: BBC One, BBC Two, ITV1, Channel 4 and Five are in the running for the Best Terrestrial Channel of the Year award at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (MGEITF), with the winner to be named at a ceremony …

LOS ANGELES: MGM and MTV have teamed up to co-produce a new 12×1-hour series that is a modern take on the classic ’80s film Teen Wolf. The series stars Tyler Posey (Brothers and Sisters) as a newly bitten werewolf. Dylan …

NEW YORK: World Screen‘s guide to the 2010-11 season is now available, featuring the prime-time grids for ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX and The CW; pop-up descriptions and credits for each new and returning show; and a listing of series by studio. …

NEW YORK: Marie-Christine Saragosse, TV5MONDE’s managing director, discusses the network’s mission, scheduling strategy and expansion plans in this video interview.   When asked which are the most widely distributed global channels in the world, most people will say CNN or …

LOS ANGELES: Nickelodeon Latin America is developing a new live-action series for tweens and teens, Grachi, which will be distributed internationally by Comarex. Grachi follows a young girl who must learn to use her new-found magical powers wile coping with …

LONDON/HONG KONG: Audiences in a number of international territories will be able to watch the series finale of Lost this weekend at the same time as the show airs on the U.S. West Coast. In addition, several other markets will …

SÃO PAULO: Globo TV International has sold the series Internal Affairs to a number of international broadcasters, including pay-TV channel EPG in South Korea. The drama Internal Affairs follows the day-to-day activities of a police squad. The officers not only …

SINGAPORE: AXN HD will be made available in Singapore starting May 25, becoming the first English-language general-entertainment channel to be broadcast in high definition on StarHub. Shows set to air on the HD network include NCIS: Los Angeles, the CSI …

SCOTTSDALE: A little more than 50 percent of all pay-TV subscribers are in Asia as of this year, according to In-Stat, with China alone encompassing 26.3 percent. The rest of the Asia-Pacific holds 22.3 percent of the pie, according to the …

AUSTIN: Joan Ganz Cooney, the creator of the long-running kids’ series Sesame Street, was honored by PBS and its member stations for her work in using media to educate children. Cooney was presented with the PBS Be More Award, which recognizes …