World Screen

Senior VP, Development & U.S. TV/Video Sales Cookie Jar Entertainment A host of new series are set to join the likes of The Doodlebops, Arthur, Magi-Nation and Johnny Test in Cookie Jar Entertainment’s catalogue. Adding new programs to such a …

Head of International Co-productions & Acquisitions, Children’s & Youth Programming ZDF At MIPTV last month, the Indian animation studio DQ Entertainment announced plans to produce a new CGI take on The Jungle Book, the Rudyard Kipling classic that has seen …

LOS ANGELES: The national board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has voted to approve a tentative two-year contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and has recommended its ratification to members, after a year …

NEW YORK: Surveying 14,000 consumers in 13 countries, Accenture has found that people are watching more content on a greater number of platforms than they were a year ago, and are more willing to pay for programming via subscription services. …

TORONTO: JumpTV, a provider of international and sports programming over the Internet, has unveiled a new destination providing a selection of live and on-demand channels from Latin America. JumpTV Latino is a subscription-based service that promises the largest selection of …

BOSTON: APT Worldwide has picked up the international distribution rights to a documentary about five girls’ basketball teams battling it out in the Montana Class C high-school championship. Class C: The Only Game in Town, winner of the Best Documentary Award at the …

NEW YORK: Next month, MTV in the U.S. will broadcast Steve-O: Demise and Rise, a special in which the Jackass star chronicles his own battle with drug and alcohol addiction. Set to air May 3 at 10 p.m., the special provides …

NEW YORK: A new special for AETN’s History channel this year, called The People Speak, will explore the concept of democracy in the U.S., featuring performances by the likes of Matt Damon, Josh Brolin and Viggo Mortensen, among others, together …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC.com’s NBC Rewind video player has delivered more than a billion full-episode streams since its launch in October 2006. "Users are consistently and reliably using our Rewind player to catch up on their favorite shows and discover new ones," said Stephen …

BURBANK: CBS has signed up for a 15th edition of the Emmy Award-winning reality series The Amazing Race for 2009-10, with the current season averaging almost 11 million viewers on Sunday nights. The show, which has won six Emmy Awards, is …