World Screen

NEW YORK, September 5: Rainbow HD Holdings, through its distribution agreement with High Fidelity HDTV, has launched two additional VOOM HD channels in Canada—Rush HD and Equator HD—on Bell ExpressVu Satellite Service. Rainbow’s Treasure HD launched in March on Bell …

NEW YORK, September 5: Six additional shows from the MTV Networks Kids and Family Group, including The N’s Degrassi: The Next Generation and Nickelodeon’s Drake & Josh, will be downloadable from the iTunes Music Store. Launching today on iTunes are …

LONDON, September 5: ContentFilm has completed the acquisition Allumination FilmWorks and UAV Corporation and UAV Holdings, granting it a foothold in the U.S. home entertainment market. The deal, first announced in June, saw ContentFilm shelling out $7 million in cash …

DULLES, September 5: According to a new AP-AOL Video survey, 54 percent of all U.S. Internet users have watched or downloaded a video clip or a full-length program from the Internet, with news being the most popular genre. Further, 32 …

LUXEMBOURG, September 5: SBS Broadcasting’s Romanian subsidiary, Amerom Television, has completed its acquisition of the local music channel TV K Lumea. Launched in 1999, the channel is the leading music network in Romania among viewers aged 15 to 24. Commenting …

SILVER SPRING, September 5: Animal Planet channels in the U.S. and around the world are gearing up to showcase a slate of programming honoring Steve Irwin, the popular wildlife TV personality who passed away yesterday after being stung by a …

BURBANK, September 5: Warner Bros. Television Group is launching Studio 2.0, a venture that will develop original live-action and animated short-form programming for broadband and wireless devices. Heading up the unit will be award-winning producer and senior advertising executive Rich …

ALVISO/NEW YORK, September 5: TiVo subscribers will be able to record the new CBS sitcom The Class a week before its September 18 broadcast premiere, it was announced today, and will receive previews of the new dramas Jericho, Smith and …

NEW YORK, September 5: Viacom veteran Tom Freston has resigned as president and CEO of the company, it was announced today, with board member Philippe P. Dauman—said to be a close confidant of executive chairman and founder Sumner Redstone—named to …

MONTREAL/LONDON, September 1: Distraction has moved to a new office in London and has announced two new staff appointments in its European operations. Michel Rodrigue, Distraction’s president and CEO, said of the new location: “At last we have an office …