World Screen

NEW YORK: Production is under way on the new HBO comedy series How to Make it in America, which follows two enterprising Brooklyn twentysomethings as they hustle their way through New York City, determined to achieve the American Dream. The …

LONDON: FremantleMedia is setting up a new division, talkbackTHAMES Digital, which will look to develop multiplatform extensions to talkbackTHAMES and third-party productions. Billing itself as a "U.K. center for excellence in digital media," the division aims to enhance viewer engagement with the …

LONDON: As part of its efforts to diversify its revenues beyond TV advertising, Five is launching a new online weekday bingo program to drive awareness of and traffic to a range of Internet gaming services operated by the British broadcaster. …

PARIS: Cartoon Network in the U.S. has signed on for the all-new CGI and HD The Garfield Show, distributed by Mediatoon Distribution, giving the series a Monday through Friday slot at 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. A production of Paws …

CAMBRIDGE/MUNICH: News Corporation’s German pay-TV platform Sky Deutschland is employing the Brightcove platform to roll out content online, including sporting events and entertainment programming. "Sky Deutschland’s innovative pay-TV model has enabled it to reach more than 95 percent of TV viewers …

  ATLANTA: Turner Classic Movies is working with Universal Studios Home Entertainment to offer up vintage films, including some early Cary Grant titles, digitally remastered on DVD on a made-to-order basis. The TCM Vault Collection Presented by Universal is USHE’s …

STOCKHOLM: Private equity fund EQT V has acquired Eurocom and a majority stake in CableTel to create Bulgaria’s biggest cable operator, with the combined value of the two deals set at more than 200 million euros. EQT V has purchased 100 …

LONDON: The business software and services provider Sage has renewed its partnership with ITV Studios to fund a second season of The Krypton Factor, as part of its wider Business Brains campaign. The partnership between ITV and Sage for the …

LONDON: The BBC will drop the amount it spends on its senior management by 25 percent by mid 2013, and is looking to reduce the total number of senior managers by 18 percent in the same period. The new round …