World Screen

UNIVERSAL CITY: Full episodes of a host of NBC’s summer shows, including America’s Got Talent and the imports The Listener and Merlin, are now available on NBC.com. Also available are full episodes of The Philanthropist and The Great American Road Trip, as …

NEW YORK: CBS has expanded the multiplatform reach of Big Brother for the 11th season, which kicks off tomorrow, encompassing on air, online, mobile and premium cable platforms. The show is set to three times a week following its premiere …

ABU DHABI: National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has partnered with the Abu Dhabi Media Company (ADMC) to launch a free-to-air Nat Geo-branded channel in Arabic. National Geographic Channel Abu Dhabi (NGCAD) is the first international factual entertainment channel to be launched …

SANTA MONICA: Lionsgate has formed a joint venture with Lost Marbles Productions, the independent production company recently formed by Marty Adelstein and Jon Kroll, to develop and produce original unscripted programming for television. Adelstein, a founding partner of Endeavor, most recently …

NEW YORK: Comedy Central has picked up the off-net rights to NBC’s Emmy Award-winning 30 Rock for launch in 2011. The multi-year deal with NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution covers five seasons of Tiny Fey’s acclaimed comedy series. "Pound-for-pound, 30 …

LONDON: Following its acquisition of a package of Barclays Premier League matches, ESPN is launching a new high-definition channel in the U.K., in place of its existing ESPN America service, on August 3. ESPN in the U.K. will be the …

GÜTERSLOH: Bertelsmann, the parent company of the RTL Group, is teaming with the private-equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) for a joint-venture music-rights management business. Bertelsmann is contributing its BMG Rights Management unit to the venture, in which it will …

PARIS: France’s Competition Authority wants IPTV platform Orange to give access to its exclusive content to a wider pool of consumers, outside of its base of broadband subscribers. In a bid to lure and maintain customers, the France Telecom-owned IPTV …

PALO ALTO: Professionally produced short-form content made for the web rivals episodic television for entertainment value, according to a new survey on online viewing preferences. The survey, from the research firm Frank N. Magid Associates and the online video destination …

STAMFORD: Former NFL executive Jim Connelly is joining World Wrestling Entertainment as senior VP of consumer products, overseeing the global licensing, home entertainment, book and magazine publishing businesses. In his new post, Connelly reports directly to WWE’s COO, Donna Goldsmith. He previously spent 25 …