World Screen

LONDON, December 23: In the Night Garden has become the leading license in the infant toy market in the U.K., according to BBC Worldwide, bumping the perennial Winnie the Pooh out of the top spot. Toys based on the hit …

TORONTO, December 23: The hit CBS drama The Mentalist, distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. International Television, is set to launch on Canadian broadcaster CTV in January. The breakout hit of the U.S. network fall season, the series will begin airing …

PARIS, December 23: Mediatoon Interactive is grouping all of its content available on VOD, SVOD and electronic sell-through under the new eToon umbrella. The brand will include content from all of Mediatoon's production companies—Dargaud Media, Dupuis, Ellipsanime Production and Storimages—as …

NEW YORK, December 22: New research from Ipsos MediaCT’s MOTION study asserts that 57 percent of American Internet users aged 12 and up and have streamed video content in the past 30 days—a 7-percent increase from 2007—versus just 22 percent …

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 22: Disney's Robert Iger, News Corporation's Rupert Murdoch and Comcast's Brian Roberts are among the media industry leaders slated to speak at National Cable & Telecommunications Association's (NCTA) The Cable Show '09, scheduled for April 1 to …

PARIS, December 22: Christophe Lambert, the advertising director and co-founder of the Blue agency, will speak about creativity in branded entertainment at the upcoming 46th MIPTV content market, taking place in Cannes from March 30 to April 3. Lambert joined …

BETHPAGE, December 22: Cablevision Systems Corp. is shuttering its Voom HD Networks high-definition channels business in the U.S., in large part due to losing carriage on the DISH Network satellite platform earlier this year. This summer, Voom, operated by Rainbow …

BURBANK, December 22: The new 2-D animated comedy series Kid Knievel, about a 12-year-old boy who aspires to become the world's greatest daredevil, is slated to premiere in fall 2009 on Disney XD, the upcoming kids' entertainment channel currently known …

TORONTO, December 22: Raising the Bar, a new legal drama from Emmy Award-winning producer Steven Bochco that airs on U.S. cable channel TNT, joins the schedule of Canada’s CTV on January 9 in a Friday, 10 p.m. time slot. The …

LONDON, December 22: UKTV Documentary will re-launch as Eden on January 26, touting the new tagline "One amazing world. One amazing channel." The new multiplatform brand will target couples in their 30s and 40s who are looking for intelligent engagement …