World Screen

LOS ANGELES: Discovery Communications has secured a licensing agreement with Capcom Mobile to launch a mobile game based on the showCash Cab, to be available on most North American wireless carriers today for download. In the show, players ride along …

NEW YORK: The feature-length Rock Prophecies, which chronicles the life of conflicted photographer Robert M. Knight, will be screening twice daily, starting today until August 20, at the International Documentary Association’s (IDA) 13th annual DocuWeeks Showcase. For the first screening, …

TORONTO: After receiving more than 270 submissions for comedy-drama series proposals, Canadian multi-faith and multicultural network VisionTV has put three titles into development, with the view to greenlighting one for the fall of 2010.   Saint Michael, from Shaftesbury Films and …

ATLANTA: Cartoon Network has given the go-ahead for two new original animated comedies, Regular Show and Horrorbots, in addition to picking up further episodes of The Marvelous MisAdventures of Flapjack and more scripts for Adventure Time.  Regular Show tells the …

BURBANK: Warner Home Video (WHV) says it will limit its new-release rentals at DVD kiosk company Redbox and is changing its policy with mail-order subscription service Netflix. WHV didn’t mention Redbox and Netflix in its brief statement late yesterday, just …

LONDON: The keynote address at this year’s Brand Licensing Europe will be delivered by Bruno Schwobthaler, the senior VP of sales and business development at Warner Bros. Consumer Products for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Schwobthaler will draw on …

KUALA LUMPUR: ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has signed on as a regional media partner for the fifth ASEAN Para Games, kicking off its association with the Malaysian Paralympic Council. As part of its involvement in the ASEAN Para Games 2009, …

NEW YORK: The major U.S. media companies and several leading advertisers have formed a consortium to challenge Nielsen’s dominance in the audience research space, the Financial Times reported today. NBC Universal, Time Warner, News Corporation, Viacom, CBS, Discovery and Walt …

MIAMI: Rafael Fusaro, the president of APA International Film, has announced that the animated series Mafalda has been digitalized and includes the corresponding M&E track for dubbing. The series launches for the European and Asian markets at this year’s MIPCOM in Cannes. Rights …

LONDON: Former Endemol executive Jacob de Boer is joining BBC Worldwide’s Global Brands division as commercial director. Reporting directly to Marcus Arthur, the managing director of Global Brands, de Boer will work with the managing and commercial director of Doctor Who, …