World Screen

LOS ANGELES: HBO has renewed the hit Larry David comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm, with ten episodes slated for its eighth season, which is set for 2011. Curb Your Enthusiasm is HBO’s longest-running scripted comedy. The show concluded its seventh season …

DALLAS: More than 25 million U.S. broadband homes are watching full-length TV shows online, Parks Associates reports, double the number recorded last year. In addition, the Parks Associates study, Online Video and Broadband Provider Strategies, reveals that more than 20 …

UNIVERSAL CITY: Parenthood, executive produced by Ron Howard, has been renewed by NBC for a second run in the 2010-11 season. The one-hour drama, inspired by Howard’s box-office comedy hit of the same name, debuted March 2 on NBC. The …

NEW YORK: The fourth season of the hit drama Mad Men makes its debut on AMC on July 25, to be followed later this summer by the premiere of the new original series Rubicon. The Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning series …

April 29 to May 9 Toronto, Canada Running for 11 days, presenting more than 170 films from 40-plus countries and hosting hundreds of international delegates, Hot Docs returns in its 17th annual edition. The event has positioned itself as North …

LONDON: NDS has made an investment in BlackArrow, which provides ad solutions for new TV platforms, as part of a wide-ranging alliance between the two companies. Two companies will integrate their technological expertise to deliver a range of next-generation ad solutions, …

NEW YORK: Barack Obama will offer his own remarks and reflections as a special introduction to America: The Story of US, a 12-hour, six-night series on HISTORY that will present 400 years of how the country came to be. The …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group’s first-quarter revenues gained 6 percent to SEK 3.5 billion ($492.2 million), while net profit more than doubled to SEK 300 million ($41.9 million). “Our record Q1 sales reflect particularly strong growth for our Scandinavian free-TV and …

LOS ANGELES: Shine International has sold the pan-Asian rights to programming from the mixed martial arts brand Strikeforce to Tiger Gate Entertainment for the KIX action channel. The Strikeforce library includes 30 episodes and 56 hours of fights. The deal …

DHAKA/NEW YORK: Sisimpur, Bangladesh’s original adaptation of Sesame Street, heads into its sixth season, co-produced by Sesame Workshop and Nayantara Communications. The show’s sixth installment will focus on the increasing positive attitudes towards nature, helping to boost children’s knowledge about …