Top Stories

NEW YORK, February 5: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has tapped John Burman, the former international general manager at The Hollywood Reporter, as its new director of development. Based at the International Academy’s New York headquarters, Burman …

HBO Asia Launches On Demand Service HONG KONG, February 5: HBO Asia has launched HBO On Demand, a new subscription video on demand (SVOD) service offered exclusively to HBO/MAX Pak Premium subscribers on broadband platform now TV in Hong Kong. …

LONDON, February 5: Buena Vista International Television has appointed two new members to its London-based Europe, Middle East and Africa TV sales team: Dayna Donaldson and Simon Barwick. Donaldson, as sales director for the Nordic region, will be responsible for …

CINCINNATI, February 5: Charles E. Scripps, who served as chairman of The E. W. Scripps Company from 1953 until 1994, has died of natural causes at the age of 87. Scripps was the grandson of Edward W. Scripps, who founded …

NEW YORK, February 5: According to a new study from JupiterResearch, 53 percent of online teens watch video on the Internet occasionally and 22 percent of them view video weekly or more frequently. The report, Teens and Online Video: Understand …

LONDON, February 2: Bob Geldof’s production company, Ten Alps, has signed a deal to develop a proposal for a global broadband “Peace Channel,” with Brian Lapping on board as one of the project’s architects. Slated for a 2008 rollout, the …

SYDNEY, February 2: The launch of NBC Universal International Television Distribution’s Heroes on Seven Network this week delivered a whopping 57-percent share with 2.1 million viewers, the broadcaster’s highest audience for a drama debut since Lost premiered two years ago. …

NEW YORK, February 2: TV Land will premiere the second season of its one-on-one comedy forum Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg online on its website on February 19, two days before its television launch. The premiere will air on …

LOS ANGELES, February 2: PorchLight Entertainment has picked up the North American television rights and all international distribution rights to the feature film The Ultimate Gift. The film will be released by FOXFAITH—Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment’s distribution label for …

NEW YORK, February 2: NBC Universal Digital Distribution has promoted executives Michael Bonner, Salil Dalvi, and Ron Lamprecht to spearhead three newly created groups within the division: digital platforms, wireless platforms and digital sales, effective immediately. Michael Bonner, former VP …