World Screen

BOSTON: The dance special Bellydance Superstars: Live in Paris at the Folies Berges is now in the catalogue of APT Worldwide. Produced by Miles Copeland, the former manager of The Police and Sting, Bellydance Superstars captures the performance of the …

NEW YORK: 4Kids Entertainment has appointed Exim Licensing Group as its licensing agent across Latin America, and Tycoon Enterprises as its licensing agent in Mexico. The agents will handle the majority of 4Kids’ properties, including Chaotic, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, …

HARRINGTON PARK: Janson Media has sold three of its Giant Screen Collection titles—Great North, Ocean Origins and Volcanoes of the Deep Sea—to RAI for free-TV in Italy, Vatican City, San Marino, Capodistria and Monaco. Filmed in IMAX, each Giant Screen …

SYDNEY/SINGAPORE: Jon Penn has been tapped as the CEO of FremantleMedia Enterprises’ business in the Asia Pacific, directly reporting to the company’s global CEO, David Ellender. This new structure sees Penn overseeing the international television distribution, home entertainment, and licensing businesses—including …

COLOGNE: ohm:tv’s comedy VOD portal LOKO is to launch on Swedish mobile operator TeliaSonera’s Surfport. This deal expands ohm:tv’s distribution of mobile content in Europe, where it already has partnerships with more than 20 mobile operators such as Hutchinson 3G …

LONDON: Universal Pictures’ movies on demand subscription service, PictureBox, will launch on Virgin Media’s cable-TV platform this July, delivering hundreds of films for £5 per month. Virgin Media’s 3.6 million TV subscribers will be granted access, for a monthly fee, …

LONDON: Among the highlights of the Media Guardian Edinburgh International TV Festival (MGEITV) will be a Top Gear Masterclass, hosted by Jeremy Clarkson, the presenter of the hit BBC Two show, and executive producer Andy Wilman. Other highlights include Internet …

NEW DELHI: India’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has given 22 new channels licenses to broadcast in the country, bringing the number of TV outlets operating in this market to almost 460. According to published reports, there will be 458 channels …

LOS ANGELES: Online ad-supported content revenues in the U.S. will reach $1.45 billion in 2013 from $448 million this year, according Screen Digest, but this increase will not be enough to offset the fall in television ad spend. Screen Digest’s …

LONDON: BBC One has commissioned a further six half-hours of the long-running sitcom Last of the Summer Wine. The series, which debuted in 1973 and has notched up more than 30 seasons, is written by Roy Clarke and stars Peter …