World Screen

BOSTON/ALVISO: A new study from TiVo and Innerscope Research reveals that there is a "clear and strong" correlation between how emotionally engaged viewers are with an advertisement and their fast-forwarding behavior on DVRs. Through a live study of 55 national ads, …

CANNES: Connection III Entertainment Corp. has closed its first round of deals for the flagship entertainment series Made in Hollywood, an hour-long program that looks at how movies are made. Made in Hollywood has been picked up by Fox International …

LOS ANGELES: Slovenia is the newest territory to launch a local version of The MGM Channel, with carriage on UPC, the country’s largest cable operator. Starting with a launch in late 2004 of a 100-percent owned Russian-language service on the DTH …

CANNES: The personalized TV platform ZillionTV has added The Weinstein Company to its growing roster of content providers, which includes the likes of Disney-ABC, 20th Century Fox Television, NBC Universal, Sony and Warner Bros. Movies such as Vicky Cristina Barcelona, …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution has cleared The Office with local broadcast stations representing more than 93 percent of the U.S. ahead of the award-winning sitcom’s fall 2009 off-network syndication launch. Produced by Reveille, Universal Media Studios and Deedle-Dee Productions, the …

NEW YORK: Lightworks Program Distribution has tapped Autentic to distribute select programs in Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland and Luxembourg. "We are delighted to be representing Lightworks’ high-quality content," said Patrick Hoerl, the general manager of Autentic. "Lightworks’ programming has …

DUNEDIN: NHNZ, National Geographic Channels International and Smithsonian Networks are co-producing a one-hour documentary about a scientific expedition to Antarctica to assess the the health of the area’s marine life. NGCI will air the special this June as Expedition Antarctica. …

CANNES: Televisión Española (TVE) has signed up to co-produce Jelly Jamm, an animated 52×11-minute 3-D CGI series created by Spanish companies Secuoyas and Vodka Capital. Targeting 4- to 6-year-olds, Jelly Jamm tells the story of five friends that live on …

KUALA LUMPUR: Total Sports Asia (TSA) has secured the mobile and Internet clip rights to Barclays Premier League matches for Indonesia. The agreement covers the current and upcoming 2009/2010 seasons. TSA will be working with Mo.Ad Tech to help deploy the …

LONDON: The animated series DinoSquad and The Future is Wild will make their television debut on KidsCo channels in select territories. KidsCo took the broadcast rights for the action-adventure DinoSquad from Cookie Jar, and will air the 26×22-minute series across …