World Screen

LONDON: A new agreement with the England and Wales Cricket Board makes BBC Motion Gallery the exclusive global representative of an archive that features all England home Test, One-day and Twenty20 matches. BBC Worldwide’s clip licensing business is already home to …

SINGAPORE: ESPN STAR Sports has extended its agreement with The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, scoring the exclusive cable and satellite, terrestrial and multimedia rights to the Wimbledon Championships from 2009-2014 in 24 markets across Asia. ESS has been carrying some Wimbledon coverage in Asia …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: E1 Entertainment’s original drama series Copper for Canwest, set to air on Global Television in Canada, has been picked up by ABC for a U.S. run. The 13-part series is billed as a "character-driven workplace drama" about five rookie cops. …

MIAMI: Effective immediately, Borja Perez will serve as VP of integrated solutions and digital media for the Telemundo Communications Group. Perez will report to Jacqueline Hernández, the COO of Telemundo and Peter Blacker, executive VP of digital media and emerging …

CAMBRIDGE: IPTV will struggle to find its footing in Latin America, according to Pyramid Research, taking a backseat to other platforms until 2012, when it will reach a 5-percent penetration of all pay-TV subscriptions. Pyramid estimates that by 2014, the region …

LOS ANGELES: The Mirage Group has given the go-ahead for development of a live-action feature film that looks at the origins of the iconic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, with release slated for 2011. Mirage is partnering with producers Scott Mednick …

LOS ANGELES: Just a few weeks after News Corporation installed former AOL chief Jonathan Miller as its chief digital officer, the company has announced a management shake-up at MySpace, with co-founder and CEO Chris DeWolfe stepping down. MySpace, which News Corp. …

LONDON: British kids’ content producer Coolabi Productions has struck a co-production deal with Australia’s Burberry Productions for the new live-action comedic drama Dead Normal, which has also shored up slots on CBBC, ABC Australia and Nickelodeon Germany, with CAKE Entertainment handling …

LONDON: ITV plc is looking for a new CEO, with Michael Grade relinquishing the role of executive chairman by year’s end. The broadcasting group also announced today that in its bid to raise cash, it will be selling off SDN, the DTT …

LONDON: The Inbetweeners and sketch comedy Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show are slated to make their U.S. premiere on BBC America later this year. A Bwark Production distributed by C4i, The Inbetweeners takes a look at the humiliations of teenage …