World Screen

SAN FRANCISCO: YouTube is said to be in negotiations with the major Hollywood studios about charging users to view full-length movies on the popular file-sharing site. According to the New York Times, YouTube has been in discussions with Lionsgate, Sony …

LONDON: KidsCo continues its global expansion by adding Angola, Belgium, Mongolia, Mozambique and Slovenia to its existing carriage roster. African pay-TV operator MultiChoice will be making KidsCo available in Mozambique and Angola in Portuguese while also offering the channel across …

BOSTON: The number of subscribers to IPTV services in the U.S. will increase from 5 million this year to 15.5 million by 2013, according to Strategy Analytics, increasing its share of TV homes to 13 percent from less than 5 …

LOS ANGELES: Seven new TV movies are among the highlights on MarVista Entertainment’s slate, which also features a collection of animated specials. MarVista’s lineup of movies includes the epic WWII drama Eva, which is also available as a two-part mini-series; …

LOS ANGELES: The E1 Entertainment dramedy Hung has been averaging 9.4 million viewers per episode on HBO, making it the premium cable network’s most watched freshman series in more than five years. HBO has already renewed the series for a …

LONDON: A new three-year partnership will see BBC Worldwide handling distribution for the factual catalogues of all Ten Alps’ broadcast companies. The deal includes documentary production outfits Brook Lapping, Blakeway, Below the Radar and Films of Record, covering landmark documentary, …

LONDON: NBC Universal’s international formats unit has secured an agreement with Greek broadcaster Skai for the first local production of the hit Bravo food show Top Chef. The order is for 18 one-hour episodes of the culinary competition series, which features a …

NEW YORK: AMC has given the greenlight to season four of its acclaimed drama Mad Men, on the heels of record ratings for the premiere of the third season. The return of Mad Men last week lured 4.5 million viewers. …

MUNICH: Tandem Communications has added Malisa Scott to its management team as partner and COO. Scott was most recently was the managing director of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) Germany, overseeing all of SPHE’s activities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland …

NEW YORK: Advertising spending in the U.S. fell by 15.4 percent to $56.9 billion in the first half of the year, according to The Nielsen Company, with cable TV the only medium to have recorded growth in the period. Ad …