World Screen

WASHINGTON D.C.: The Walt Disney Company’s president and CEO Bob Iger is willing to help the cable industry and place Disney/ABC networks for online streaming, but he does not back a subscriber-only plan that would make it difficult for consumers …

LONDON: Virgin1 has commissioned a series of programs featuring the Road to V competition, a national search for British unsigned music talent, from Que Pasa. The 6×5-minute titles will air on the first Friday of every month on the Virgin …

CANNES: Rights for extensive documentary packages from ZDF Enterprises were purchased by YLE in Finland, RTE in Ireland, the Danish DR TV and the French channel TF1. National Geographic Channel snapped up broadcasting rights for the docudrama Stauffenberg: The True …

NEW YORK: Pilot Season, a 30-episode mockumentary about Hollywood, will premiere on My Damn Channel on April 20 with two episodes. The series stars David Cross, Andy Dick, Isla Fisher, Sam Seder and Sarah Silverman. The show features a documentary …

LONDON: Disney Channel U.K. is producing a second season of Oscar and Michael’s Phineas and Ferb Fan Club Show, which pays homage to the animated comedy Phineas and Ferb. The first season launched in November 2008, while the second season …

LONDON: October Films is expanding the Rude Tube brand into its first full series on Channel 4. Hosted by Alex Zane, the 3×50-minute series of Rude Tube will be produced by Matt Robins and Jos Cushing, and executive produced by …

LONDON: The rights-management company Compact is to open a new office in Los Angeles, which will be headed-up by Reny Montesinos as executive director. The new office will focus on business development, while administration will continue to be handled at …

CANNES: The exclusive worldwide Internet and mobile rights to the feature documentary The Linguists, a film about a race against time to document vanishing languages, were awarded to the web TV service Babelgum.   The Linguists, directed by Seth Kramer, Daniel …

SAN FRANCISCO: Nokia has tapped Tim Kring, the creator of NBC’s Heroes, to develop programming for its Ovi Store, which opens in May delivering content for a range of Nokia devices. Nokia has signed on as a strategic partner and …

NEW YORK: The daytime drama Guiding Light, the longest running show in broadcast history, has not been renewed by CBS Television Network for the 2009-2010 season, ending its 57 years on the channel in September. The series debuted as a …