World Screen

TORONTO: The Real Estate Adventures of Sandy & Maryse and The Restaurant Adventures of Caroline & Dave are the latest lifestyle series to join the catalogue of Portfolio Entertainment. Portfolio now holds the worldwide distribution rights for both shows, excluding …

LONDON: KidsCo has struck a deal with the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) to air the live-action drama Round The Twist across Europe. The first four seasons will be broadcast in Belgium, France, Germany, Portugal and Spain from October 5. …

STOCKHOLM: The catch-up TV services of Swedish broadcasters TV4 and SVT have been added to the Viasat OnDemand Internet portal, which also features more than 1,000 movies and live coverage of major sports events. The SVT Play service can be …

NEW YORK: This year’s Video Music Awards (VMAs) was watched by more than 26.9 million viewers on MTV, MTV2 and VH1 on Sunday night, up 17 percent from the 23 million who tuned in last year. The event ranked as …

LOS ANGELES: A federal judge has dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Universal Music Group against Veoh Networks, ruling that the online video site had taken steps to remove unauthorized content. The ruling deemed Veoh to be in compliance with the Digital …

LONDON: The U.K.’s Competition Commission has issued a provisional ruling on ITV’s Contract Rights Renewal (CRR) Undertakings, arguing that the limitations on how the British broadcaster sells ad time on ITV1 should stay in place for now. The CRR mechanism was …

DALLAS: The revenues from the delivery of Internet video to television sets is forecast to rise from just $1 billion this year to $5.7 billion in 2014, driven by the rollout of broadband-enabled TVs. The forecast comes from research firm …

When the series lonelygirl15 premiered on the web it quickly became a sensation. As the first online interactive drama it provided a community that allowed members to connect with the characters and each other and create their own videos and …

LONDON: CBS Studios International and Chellomedia have formed a joint venture that will create CBS branded channels in the U.K. The CBS branded channels will be formed from six of Chello Zone’s [Chellomedia’s international broadcast arm] existing portfolio of TV …

Heading into its fourth year of operation, The Documentary Channel (DOC) has set its sights on becoming a major fixture on the cable and satellite landscape in the U.S. For James Ackerman, DOC’s recently installed president and CEO, the first …