World Screen

LOS ANGELES, September 12: Production has begun in the U.K. on Stuart: A Life Backwards, a co-production of HBO Films, BBC Two and Neal Street Productions, based on a true story of an unusual alliance between a homeless man and …

LONDON, September 12: LIVINGtv has picked up two dramas from BBC Worldwide for its 2006-07 season, Hotel Babylon and Cutting It, marking a new direction for the British cable and satellite channel, which has become known for its slate of …

PARIS, September 12: MIPCOM Junior, now in its 14th year, will tackle issues such as multiplatform content, licensing and merchandising and programming strategies, and will feature a discussion between DIC Entertainment's chairman and CEO, Andy Heyward, and Toper Taylor, the …

HOLLYWOOD, September 12: CBS Paramount International Television has entered into an agreement with Global Village Media Group Worldwide to produce and distribute a Chinese version of America’s Next Top Model. Mojo Mediaworks, the Chinese subsidiary of Global Village Media Group …

SANTA MONICA, September 12: Lionsgate has sent a letter to stockholders of the home entertainment outfit Image Entertainment, in which it holds a 19 percent stake, urging them to replace six board members. Lionsgate last year made a bid to …

LOS ANGELES/MEXICO CITY, September 12: According to the New York Times, Grupo Televisa and a consortium of investors are mulling a new bid of $13 billion for Hispanic broadcaster Univision Communications, which in June approved $12.3-billion offer from private equity …

LOS ANGELES/MOUNTAIN VIEW: September 12: News Corporation is shelling out $188 million for a controlling interest in VeriSign’s Jamba subsidiary, a leading platform for the provision of mobile content. Jamba was founded in 2000 and delivers content in 30 territories, …

SAN FRANCISCO, September 12: With the launch of a new version of its digital content storefront, iTunes 7, Apple has added more than 75 feature films from Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar, Touchstone Pictures and Miramax Films to its offering, with …

LONDON, September 11: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has appointed Mary Beer as director of marketing, a newly created position based in London and reporting to COO Dan Allen. Beer will oversee the new FME marketing team and create and implement a …

LOS ANGELES, September 11: Granada America has announced the appointments of American producers Michael Agbabian and Dwight D. Smith and Australian producers David Barbour and Julian Cress to its non-scripted programming team. David Gyngell, the CEO of Granada America, commented, …