World Screen

PHILADELPHIA: Comcast customers can watch hit shows such as Nurse Jackie, Dexter, True Blood and Mad Men throughout the summer via its On Demand service. Comcast On Demand offers more than 100 hours of series each month, featuring titles such …

SANTA MONICA: MTV has unveiled a number of new projects being put into development, including an adaptation of Televisa’s hit Argentine drama Patito Feo. The teen drama series from Argentina chronicles the struggles of a Mexican girl from a small …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: John Malone, the chairman of Liberty Media Corporation, must pay a $1.4 million civil penalty, the Department of Justice announced today, settling charges that he violated pre-merger reporting and waiting requirements when he acquired Discovery Holding Co. shares. The …

LONDON: Diverse, a Zodiak Entertainment company, has named Alan Brown as its group creative director. An industry veteran, Brown has originated and produced a wide range of hit shows—from factual-entertainment formats, comedy-entertainment panel shows and documentary series—over the past ten …

VINCENNES/MONTREAL: Gaumont-Alphanim and Muse Entertainment are teaming with Tribal Nova for an online interactive game based on the 52×13-minute animated series The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog. The title is set to roll out in January 2010. TVO, TFO, Radio-Canada and France 5 are …

TORONTO: This fall, GlassBOX Television will launch a 24-hour music channel, called AUX, on Rogers Cable. GlassBOX premiered the brand as a web destination in November and has begun running a weekly two-hour block from the service on Mondays on BiteTV, …

LONDON: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has appointed Astrid Quentell as managing director and senior VP of production for Germany. Christiane Ruff, the managing director and executive VP of SPT production in Germany, is leaving the company after 13 years. Quentell steps …

NEW YORK: Making her return to reality TV, Jessica Simpson is to host a new VH1 docuseries, The Price of Beauty, produced by RDF USA. The show will follow as Simpson travels around the world to meet ordinary women and …

LOS ANGELES: Just a week after announcing a 30-percent staff reduction in the U.S., MySpace is restructuring its international operations, closing at least four offices and laying off some 300 employees. The move lowers the international staff count to about …

LONDON: MTV Networks International (MTVNI) has signed new deals in Denmark and Portugal, alongside a host of new agreements in Latin America for Nickelodeon shows. DR in Denmark picked up The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, along with the show’s …