World Screen

SAN FRANCISCO, December 17: The Independent Television Service (ITVS) has selected five projects from its recently completed ITVS International Call 2008 for funding, with two more expected to be announced shortly. The films set to receive production funding were selected …

HARRINGTON PARK, December 17: dick clark productions has appointed Alfred Haber Distribution, Inc. as the exclusive international distributor for the 2009 American Music Awards, which will air in November 2009. This marks the 18th year that Alfred Haber Distribution has …

LONDON, December 17: As Disney-ABC-ESPN Television's VP of channel distribution for EMEA (South), Kakhaber Abashidze will lead a team in charge of Southern Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, CIS countries and the Middle East and Africa. Abashidze will work …

LOS ANGELES, December 16: George Clooney, Tom Hanks and Alec Baldwin are among the signatories of a petition calling on the leadership of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) to halt the strike authorization vote. More than 130 noted actors have …

HONG KONG, December 16: Hong Kong media mogul Sir Run Run Shaw is looking to take Shaw Brothers private after failing in his attempt to sell his majority interest in the company, which owns a stake in leading terrestrial broadcaster …

LOS ANGELES, December 16: Anthony Pellicano, a private investigator with a string of Hollywood clients, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after being found guilty of wiretapping and racketeering, among other charges. Pellicano had previously been convicted on …

LOS ANGELES, December 16: HBO is teaming with the comedy site Funny or Die to offer the first episode of the second season of Flight of the Conchords ahead of the TV premiere next month. The episode will be available …

LONDON, December 16: MTV Networks UK & Ireland has launched the high-definition channel MTVNHD on the Sky+HD service. The 24-hour commercial-free English-language channel, broadcast out of Warsaw, Poland, will reach Sky+ HD's some 500,000 subscribers. "The launch of MTVNHD in …

BURBANK, December 16: Nineteen movies from Sony Pictures Television, including Hitch and Something's Gotta Give, will join SOAPnet's Sunday Night Movies franchise, which airs weekly at 10 p.m. Also included in the deal are Fun with Dick and Jane, starring …

LONDON, December 16: LIVING, the British entertainment channel operated by Virgin Media Television, has picked up the weight-loss series Paul McKenna: I Can Make You Thin for its January schedule. The five-part series from McKenna Holdings will air on LIVING …