World Screen

LONDON: The piglet duo from The Pinky and Perky Show are set to take the stage in 2010/2011 for a slate of live theater performances.  The West End theater production company Fiery Light will present the live-action stage performances. The Pinky and Perky Show has been …

LONDON: HIT Entertainment and MV Sports have extended their licensing partnership through three new deals across the preschool properties Thomas & Friends, Bob the Builder and Fireman Sam.  MV Sports renewed its Thomas & Friends license in the wheeled-toy category. MV Sports …

STOCKHOLM: Viasat Broadcasting has launched the premium movie channel TV1000 Russian Kino to Time Warner Cable customers in the New York City region.  Broadcast 24 hours a day, seven days a week, TV1000 Russian Kino airs original Russian movies, ranging …

PAWTUCKET: The Jim Henson Company has granted Hasbro a four-year license to introduce an array of toys and games for the educational preschool property Sid the Science Kid.   The educational animated series, airing daily on PBS KIDS, uses comedy …

NEW YORK: FOX Business Network (FBN) has launched on DISH Network to 4 million subscribers, while its sister FOX News Channel (FNC) has renewed its carriage agreement with the satellite TV provider.  The financial news channel FBN now has distribution …

BURBANK: At The Walt Disney Company, first-quarter 2009 revenues fell 8 percent to $9.6 billion, while net profit took a 32-percent hit, falling to $845 million. "We faced a challenging first quarter with many of our businesses impacted to various …

NEW YORK: Time Warner has recorded a fourth-quarter loss of $16 billion, from the year-ago profit of $1 billion, and a full-year loss of $13.4 billion from the 2007 profit of $4.4 billion, as a result of one-time $24.2 billion …

LOS ANGELES: Kendra Wilkinson, best known as Hugh Hefner’s girlfriend from the hit series Girls Next Door, is getting her own half-hour reality show on E! Tentatively titled Kendra, the show will follow the 23-year-old newly-engaged blond as she leaves the legendary …

LOS ANGELES/SAN FRANCISCO: Head & Shoulders and CBS Interactive have teamed up to launch the new original scripted web series HECKLE U, executive produced by NuMedia Studios.  HECKLE U stars Tom Arnold and Owen Benjamin, who is also co-directing with …

TORONTO: The Banff World Television Festival has extended the Program Competition submission final deadline for its annual awards program, The Rockies, to February 20.  "Extending the final deadline for submissions is our way to ensure producers can participate in this opportunity …