World Screen

NEW YORK: The LEGO Group has secured a multi-year licensing agreement to develop new building toys around select Disney and Disney Pixar properties.  LEGO and LEGO DUPLO products are currently in development for three franchises: Disney Pixar’s Toy Story and …

From the days of the iconic Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant and Jake the Snake Roberts, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has been bringing action-packed, ringside entertainment into living rooms across the globe on a weekly basis. Its television programming can …

MUNICH: In the fourth quarter, German pay-TV platform Premiere recorded a net loss of 114 million euros, while for the year the loss ballooned to 269 million euros, its largest ever. For the same quarter last year, the platform reported a loss …

NEW YORK: Cartoon Network has picked up 26 episodes of the all-new animated series Marvel Super Hero Squad, slated to debut in late 2009.   Characters such as Captain America, Silver Surfer, Hulk, Wolverine and Iron team up to protect …

UNIVERSAL CITY: Barbie Presents Thumbelina will premiere exclusively on DVD on March 17 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.  The story features a new twist on the beloved character, bringing a "green" theme to a classic fairy-tale. Barbie, as Thumbelina, sets out to prove …

NEW YORK: Fred’s Head, How She Move, Instant Star and Sticks and Stones have been selected as finalists for the $50,000 Shaw Rock Prize, which recognizes the year’s best in Canadian youth programming. Fred’s Head, from Spectra Animation, is a comedy …

LOS ANGELES: The American Idol Experience, a new attraction based on the hit series on FOX, has opened at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The destination was developed by Walt Disney Imagineering in conjunction with FremantleMedia Enterprises and …

LONDON: Pioneer Productions has received a fast-track commission from Channel 4 for an hour-long documentary looking at this month’s unusual snowfall in the U.K.  Tentatively titled Snowstorm: Britain’s Big Freeze, the project follows the devastation brought on by the largest …

NEW YORK: Lost, Saturday Night Live and Grey’s Anatomy are among the most-viewed shows from U.S. network online video players, according to data from The Nielsen Company. Surveying usage on the broadcast networks’ websites and embedded players, Nielsen reported that Lost had …

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO: Comedy Central’s digital comedy network Atom.com has a development roster for 2009 that features the comedic talents of, among others, Andy Dick, A.D. Miles, Nick Thune and Steve Agee. On the slate are Nick’s Big Show, a …