World Screen

NEW YORK: Six applications based on Scholastic Media properties are being launched for the iPhone and iPod touch, four of which are currently available on the App Store. Applications will feature a mix of games, puzzles and entertainment based on …

TORONTO: Kevin Gillis, Michael McLaughlin and Michael Iscove have launched Skywriter Media and Entertainment Group, involved in the development, production, marketing and distribution of original entertainment projects across multiple platforms. Gillis, who launched and was the managing partner of Breakthrough …

MONTREAL: The Alliance for Children and Television (ACT) is to host the 2009 Children, Youth & Media Conference, which brings together Canadian creators, producers and broadcasters, on November 19. The event will feature a lunch with Canadian broadcasters and funding …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Communications has extended the employment contract of its president and CEO, David Zaslav, through the beginning of 2015. "The board approached David—with more than two years before his contract was up—in order to secure his leadership, and provide the company …

SINGAPORE: Sparky Animation in association with Skaramoosh and Title Entertainment have adapted the children’s book property Mr. Moon as a preschool series. The Mr. Moon character was created by writer/illustrator Kate Veale. The series follows Mr. Moon, his friends Sunny, …

SINGAPORE: TV5 in the Philippines has begun carrying a two-hour weekday block featuring content from Singaporean broadcaster MediaCorp. Airing Mondays to Fridays from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., the block will be dubbed into Tagalog. The deal calls for 520 …

MONTREAL: Stephen Tapp has been named CEO of Cineflix Rights, where he will be responsible for creating and managing the growth strategy for the company’s exploitation of its intellectual property globally. Tapp, who will be based in Cineflix’s Toronto office, …

MONTREAL: Just For Laughs and AFL Productions have entered into a marketing agreement with Lipenwald to sell the erotic hidden-camera TV series Naked & Funny in North America via infomercials. Lipenwald has developed and is implementing a comprehensive and aggressive …

DALLAS: AT&T has launched a new website enabling users to stream TV shows and movies, with content deals in place with Hulu, CBS Interactive and others. AT&T Entertainment is part of AT&T’s three-screen strategy to deliver content to the TV, PC …

NEW YORK/MUMBAI: Indian media giant UTV has aligned with Bloomberg for its local business news channel UTVi, which next month will be rebranded Bloomberg-UTV, delivering real-time business, economic and political news to households across the country. The deal combines UTVi’s …