World Screen

NEW YORK: Nielsen is creating a single-source measurement for both TV and online viewing of video content, with rollout of the new service to be complete by August 31, 2010.  The initiative, called TVandPC, creates the industry’s first single-source measure …

SINGAPORE: SPE Networks—Asia (SPENA) has picked up three new shows from CBS Studios International, including NCIS: Los Angeles, which will air on AXN across the region. The hit new CBS show will air first and exclusively in Asia on AXN, …

SINGAPORE: The Asia TV Forum opened at Suntec Singapore this morning with organizers Reed Exhibitions touting an 8-percent increase in overall participation, including an 11-percent increase in distributors and a 5-percent rise in the number of buyers. There are more …

BURBANK: Greg Silverman has been named to the newly created position of executive VP of creative development and production for Warner Bros. Pictures, effective January 1, 2010.  Silverman will have full oversight of Warner Bros. Pictures’ development activities and budget. Silverman most …

MIAMI: Among the highlights on Telemundo Internacional‘s slate for the Asia Television Forum are Beautiful but Unlucky and Where is Elisa? In Beautiful but Unlucky, Lola was born marked by misfortune and bad luck. The most desired bachelor in town …

 SÃO PAULO: A diverse portfolio of telenovelas, documentaries, series, mini-series and formats will be on offer from Globo TV International at the Asia Television Forum, which kicks off tomorrow in Singapore. Globo will be presenting India: A Love Story, which …

NEW YORK: 4Kids Entertainment is to serve as the worldwide merchandising and licensing agent and brand manager for Dos y Dos, a live-action preschool series recorded in Spanish and English. Dos y Dos, which debuted in October, airs every Saturday …

OTTAWA: Amberwood Entertainment has secured a DVD deal with Nelvana Enterprises for RollBots, with the first season to be released in Canada through Corus Entertainment’s As Seen on YTV label and plans for distribution by Phase 4 Films. The 26×30-minute …

GRÜNWALD: German media company m4e has given the go-ahead for Yoko, Mo & Me, a co-production between Italy’s Rainbow S.p.A., Canada’s March Entertainment and Lucky Punch, a joint venture of Professor Gerhard Hahn and m4e. The fantasy-adventure, a live-action/CGI hybrid, …

LONDON: Following the international success of the animated series Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist, Parthenon Kids and March Entertainment have announced the release of a 90-minute movie prequel: Dex Hamilton: Fire and Ice. The movie, which combines 2-D and cell-shaded 3-D …