World Screen

SAN DIEGO: WealthTV has signed an agreement with Sony Pictures Television for a range of movies to air on the lifestyle network in HD throughout 2010, including titles such as All the King’s Men. The initial airing of All the …

HYDERABAD: DQ Entertainment (DQE) is producing an animated series and TV movie based on Satyajit Ray’s detective adventure stories of Feluda. Satyajit Ray and his son, director Sandeep Ray, have produced several movies based on the detective stories of Feluda, including …

BOULDER: Starz Media is among the contributors to the more than $1 million in funding secured by Graphic.ly, a digital comic book publisher and community platform. Further investors for this round of funding, which was lead by DFJ Mercury, included Northstar Equity …

NEW YORK: Former Time Warner chief Gerald Levin, in an interview on CNBC, apologized for merging the company with AOL a decade ago, referring to the agreement as the "worst deal of the century." Levin, who at the time of …

TORONTO: The U.S. distribution rights for Shadow Island Mysteries, a series of six made-for-TV movie from Breakthrough Films & Television, have been picked up by Fireworks International. The film franchise stars Jennifer Finnigan (The Bold and the Beautiful, Crossing Jordan), …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Communications is joining forces with IMAX and Sony for a 3D network that is slated to make its debut in the U.S. at the beginning of 2011. Discovery, Sony Corporation of America and IMAX will be equal …

LOS ANGELES: NBC’s Heroes was the most illegally downloaded show of 2009, according to the blog TorrentFreak, which reports on Internet file-sharing.  The most-pirated episode of Heroes was downloaded approximately 6.6 million times, which is half a million more than …

PARIS: The European Commission will take part in MIPTV’s fifth annual Content 360 competition this year with its own category, while France’s TF1 joins the BBC, National Film Board of Canada and the Korea Communications Commission in creating another new …

BRISTOL: ESPN has announced plans to launch the industry’s first 3D television network in June in time for the World Cup opening match between South Africa and Mexico on June 11. ESPN 3D promises at least 85 live sporting events …

MONTEREY: American consumers spent more money going out to the movies than they did on DVDs last year, according to Adams Media Research, with home-entertainment sales dropping 13 percent in 2009. The report, quoted in the Wall Street Journal, reports …