World Screen

SEATTLE: Amazon Video On Demand has added more than 500 high-definition TV shows and movies to its offering, and has linked up with Panasonic, making the online content platform accessible directly from Viera Cast-enabled TV sets. Amazon.com’s new HD offerings come …

PARIS: The preschool series Dive Olly Dive! and Chloe’s Closet are headed to Playhouse Disney channels across Southeast Asia through a new deal secured by MoonScoop. All 52 11-minute episodes of the first season of Dive Olly Dive! were included …

MAINZ: Wolfgang Cimera is taking over from Reinhold Elschot as the general manager and producer of Network Movie Film and TV Production, a subsidiary of ZDF Enterprises that produces TV movies and series. Elschot will take up his new post …

DALLAS: U.S. consumers are showing a reluctance to cancel their pay-TV subscriptions amid the recession, according to a Parks Associates report, which predicts that the growth of cable and IPTV VOD services will remain "strong," delivering revenues of more than $11 billion …

NEW YORK: 102 Minutes That Changed America, Steven Seagal: Lawman and Ice Road Truckers all notched up strong sales for AETN International at MIPTV. 102 Minutes That Changed America was picked up by C4 in the U.K., France 5, ZDF in …

MUNICH/NEW YORK: News Corporation has shelled out 115 million euros to increase its stake in the German pay-TV platform Premiere to 30.5 percent. The move follows the platform’s second capital increase, with the issue of 367 million new shares at …

LONDON: Disney-ABC-ESPN Television has licensed the reality format Your Mama Don’t Dance to Italy’s Sky Uno for a local version, airing under the title Vuoi Ballare con me? The series is set for an 11-episode prime-time run. The show kicked off …

LONDON: Devil’s Advocate, a new reality series that tries to proclaim the innocence of some of the world’s most heinous criminals, has joined the catalogue of Zodiak Entertainment Distribution. Produced by Palm Plus in the Netherlands, Devil’s Advocate stars defense …

CHATSWORTH: The U.S. rights to the British crime film The Crew have been taken on by Image Entertainment. Image now holds rights for the film across theatrical, broadcast, home video and digital. The Crew follows respected crime boss Ged Brennan, …

LOS ANGELES: Robin Schwartz is stepping down as the president of OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, the cable channel that is slated to launch early next year. First hired as programming chief last year, Schwartz helped set up the channel’s Los …