World Screen

NEW YORK/TORONTO: U & Me Marketing has released a canned beverage in retailers across Canada based on 4Kids Entertainment’s animated series and trading-card game brand Chaotic. The drink is available in four flavors, inspired by creatures and game play from the …

HYDERABAD: DQ Entertainment has licensed the Marvel Animation and Method Animation co-production Iron Man to Turner Entertainment Networks Asia (TENA) for broadcast on Cartoon Network across South Asia and Southeast Asia, beginning 2010. The show delivers a new animated spin for the …

COLOGNE: German cable platform Unitymedia is adding Discovery Channel and Animal Planet to its digital TV lineup, effective July 1, as part of a new PLUS package. "Our agreement with Discovery Networks Deutschland is another important milestone for Unitymedia," said Parm Sandhu, …

LONDON: The Jetix channels in five Central and Eastern European countries—Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Bulgaria—will be rebranded as Disney Channels later this year. The move, which follows The Walt Disney Company taking 100-percent ownership of Jetix Europe, will …

NEW YORK: MTV Networks has filed a $11.6-million lawsuit against Kajeet, a cell-phone provider for kids, according to Bloomberg News. The Maryland-based Kajeet offers up pre-paid phones—with service provided by Sprint—that parents can purchase for their children. According to Bloomberg, Kajeet …

LOS ANGELES: Reveille and Brillstein Entertainment Partners have teamed up with the online micro-blogging service Twitter to develop the first worldwide TV series to use the social network to guide the action of the show. The unscripted series will put …

OTTAWA: Amberwood Entertainment has sold the animated series RollBots to Australia’s Network Ten to air four times a week. The 26×30-minute CG animated series premiered in February on Canada’s YTV and is slated for a September launch in the U.S. in TheCW4Kids Saturday …

NEW YORK: Ryan Sharkey has been promoted to VP of program acquisitions and administration for USA Network, managing the inventory for USA, Sleuth and Universal HD. Sharkey will continue to report to Jane Blaney, the executive VP of programming, acquisitions …

  ORIGIN: The series is based on an original idea. DISTRIBUTOR: E1 Entertainment CREATOR: Astley Baker Davies TV SHOW: An animated (computer 2-D, flash) 52×11-minute series for a preschool audience. Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom is set in the Little …

April 2009 India’s media-and-entertainment sector, a $13-billion revenue-generating franchise in 2008, has entered a period of correction and potential shakeout. This is welcome news. Growth without cost and prudent business models leads to bubbles and inflated values, both of which …