World Screen

LOS ANGELES, August 28: BabyFirstTV, a premium channel in the U.S. featuring content for babies and toddlers, is launching a new daily strip on parenting called ParentsFirst. The new series features tips and advice on parenting topics. It will air …

LONDON, August 28: TG4 in Ireland has joined the BBC in pre-buying RocketBoy & Toro, a new animated series that Indigo Film & Television will be launching at MIPCOM Junior. The show, scheduled for delivery in early 2008, is aimed …

OTTAWA, August 28: Amberwood has taken on its first third-party property for distribution, Noreen Young Productions’ Under the Umbrella Tree, a puppet-based series that first aired on CBC in Canada and Disney Channel in the U.S. The show stars the …

SEOUL, August 28: KBS World, the international cable and satellite channel operated by the Korean terrestrial broadcaster KBS, has inked carriage deals in the Philippines and Singapore. Beginning September 1, the channel will be available in the Philippines on cable …

SINGAPORE, August 28: The Media Development Authority of Singapore has granted licenses to Reeltime Media and OBSTV Asia to begin offering their broadband platforms in the island nation. Reeltime Media, an Australian broadband TV service provider, has been awarded a …

PARIS/LONDON, August 28: Sony Pictures Television International’s two new AXN-branded channels have begun broadcasting off the Eutelsat W2 satellite in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. AXN Crime and AXN Sci-Fi broadcast 18 hours a day with soundtracks available in Bulgarian, …

ALVISO, August 28: A Texas District Court has issued a stay on EchoStar’s patent infringement suit against DVR pioneer TiVo and electronics company Humax USA. The stay, issued July 14 and now final, is in effect until the U.S. Patent …

EDINBURGH, August 28: Delivering the MacTaggart lecture at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival over the weekend, outgoing ITV chief executive Charles Allen attacked Channel 4, saying that the broadcaster, which won the festival’s best terrestrial channel award, should “grow …

ENGLEWOOD, August 28: EchoStar Communications Corporation will shell out $100 million to settle its nine-year litigation with the ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox affiliate associations. Under terms of the settlement, EchoStar will expand its local network channel service from approximately …

LOS ANGELES, August 28: HBO and NBC were the big winners at the Primetime Emmys last night, which crowned FOX’s 24 as best drama, NBC’s The Office as best comedy, the HBO/Channel 4 co-production Elizabeth I as best mini-series, and …