World Screen

LOS ANGELES: The MEN7 Digital Network, distributed globally by Bennett Media Worldwide, has nine new strategy, action and sports games from Bigpoint.com in its content roster. The games, currently reaching 57 million registered players worldwide, include Seafight, Dark Orbit, Deepolis, …

LOS ANGELES/HONG KONG: STAR’s Hindi-language cable channel STAR India PLUS is now available to AT&T U-verse TV subscribers across the U.S. The channel is offered a la carte for $12 per month or in the South Asian Package which includes …

MEXICO CITY: New deals have been completed on titles in TV Azteca’s catalogue, which includes highlights such as the drama series Demente. The 9×1-hour series Demente looks at crimes carried out by psychopaths and killers, touching on the darker side …

LONDON: UKTV is continuing the rebrand of its portfolio of networks, with UKTV Style due to become Home and UKTV Gardens to be renamed Really in the second quarter of this year. Home will feature inspirational home and gardens programming such as DIY …

LOS ANGELES: The international sales rights, excluding North America, for the new romantic comedy Weather Girl are being represented by Regent Worldwide Sales, joining a catalogue that includes the historical drama Little Ashes. Tricia O’Kelley (The New Adventures of Old …

EL SEGUNDO: DIRECTV has entered into an agreement with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution to broadcast three short-lived series—Smith, The Nine and Eyes—all of which were cancelled before all the episodes had aired. The shows, including never-before-seen episodes, will air on DIRECTV’s …

NEEDHAM/LOS ANGELES: Echo Bridge Entertainment has wrapped up a slate of international agreements for the new Lifetime Movie Network film Taken in Broad Daylight, which will make its debut at the upcoming MIPTV market. Taken in Broad Daylight, which aired …

NEW YORK: A new study from IBM reveals a "growing rift" between advertisers, consumers and content owners, as media companies "struggle to keep pace with" new demands from tech-savvy viewers and marketers. The study, which surveyed 2,800 consumers in six …

NEW YORK: Showtime Networks has developed an interactive television (iTV) application that brings together long-form marketing video, remote ordering and free full-length episodes of Showtime programming in one interface. The Showtime Marketing Application creates a new way for the viewer …

BERLIN: Full-year revenues at Bertelsmann were stable at 16.1 billion euros, with a profit of 270 million euros, down from the year ago period’s 405 million euros. “Bertelsmann made good progress in 2008," said the company’s chairman and CEO, Hartmut …