World Screen

SAN DIEGO: The video-sharing website Veoh Networks is closing its operations and liquidating under bankruptcy protection. The site, founded in 2004, was backed by a number of high-profile investors, including venture-capital operations of Goldman Sachs Group, Time Warner and Intel. …

TORONTO: The new half-hour comedy series Hiccups is to premiere on CTV on March 1 at 8 p.m, followed by another network original, Dan for Mayor, at 8:30 p.m. From creator and writer Brent Butt, Hiccups stars Corner Gas alumnus …

LOS ANGELES: A Squared Entertainment (A2), the entertainment company led by former DIC chief Andy Heyward, is partnering with Archie Comics and Stan Lee for a new print and digital comic book line. “A2 Entertainment is humbled and honored to be collaborating …

NEW YORK: Marcel Vinay, the CEO of Comarex, talks in this video interview about the strengths of the Comarex slate and how the company is primed for expansion.   As the exclusive distributor for TV Azteca, Comarex has amassed a …

TEL AVIV: The Armoza Formats game show Upgrade has been slated for broadcast in Romania on Prima TV and in Turkey on Show TV on February 15. In Romania, where the show was produced internally by Prima TV, a full …

WEST PALM BEACH: ION Television has picked up a total of 35 feature film and TV series titles from three different Hollywood studios. The U.S. network has picked up, from Twentieth Television, seasons one and two of the James Woods legal …

NEW YORK: The hit David E. Kelley dramedy Boston Legal, which ran for five seasons on ABC, has been slated to join the lineup of TV Land, kicking off its run with a 12-hour marathon on February 15. Boston Legal …

LONDON: Nickelodeon UK is to unveil a new on-air brand identity for its flagship Nickelodeon channel on February 15 as part of a global rebrand, with the further channels under its portfolio to follow with new looks later this year. …

LONDON: Me and My Monsters, a new half-hour live-action kids’ series commissioned by CBBC in the U.K., ZDF of Germany and Network Ten and Nickelodeon Australia, is currently in preproduction. The Jim Henson Company and Tiger Aspect Productions are working …

LOS ANGELES: Less than a year after taking on the role of CEO of MySpace, Owen Van Natta is stepping down, to be succeeded by newly promoted co-presidents Mike Jones and Jason Hirschhorn. Jones, formerly COO, and Hirschhorn, previously chief product …