TVSquad

The Screening Room, a new monthly half-hour series for CNN International, will debut on March 30 at 1:30 p.m. Myleene Klass, one of the celebs from the UK reality series I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! will host the new series, which will delve into the film business from an international perspective with the usual celebrity interviews, red carpet moments, and film festival coverage. If you don't have CNN International, you can download episodes from the series' site when it launches on March 30.

I don't know how far this new series will stray from typical TV coverage of the movie business, but I do like the idea of broadening the focus to places outside of the United States.

After months of delays the English language Al-Jazeera channel is finally ready to go. Plans call for the new network to broadcast around the clock with 12 hours a day devoted to live news while the other 12 go to interviews, features, and analysis. Like the current Al-Jazeera, the International version will also be headquartered in Doha, Qatar. There will also be newsrooms in London, Washington, and Kuala Lumpur.

The channel's chief competitors will be CNN International and BBC World. As would be expected, Al-Jazeera International will specialize in news from the Middle East and executives promise news with an Arab perspective. No deals have been announced to broadcast the channel in the US, but negotiations are ongoing. The goal for launch is to have the channel available in 30 to 40 million homes worldwide.