World Screen

SINGAPORE, December 10: As the ATF opened in Singapore today, FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) announced the sale of more than 1,500 programming hours to broadcasters across the region in the past two months covering a range of genres. Thailand's True TV …

WASHINGTON, D.C./TAIPEI, December 10: National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has renewed its alliance with the Government Information Office (GIO) of Taiwan for the award-winning series Taiwan to the World. The co-funded series is intended to foster the development of high-definition …

SINGAPORE, December 10: Salon Media Management has launched a S$100 million fund for the production of film, TV and animation content and related games over the next five years. "It is our hope that this new fund will not only …

NEW YORK, December 10: HIT Entertainment, The Jim Henson Company and TELETOON have teamed up to bring the iconic series Fraggle Rock to TELETOON Retro in Canada. The digital specialty channel, which has more than 5 million subscribers, will launch …

LOS ANGELES, December 10: North American Motion Pictures (NAMP), a new DVD production and distribution company set up by Barry Barnholtz, will specialize in theatrical and direct-to-video feature-length genre films. NAMP will focus on westerns, horror, action-adventure and comedy. The …

LONDON, December 10: DCD Rights has sold the series Haunted Homes to Fine Living Network in the U.S., and has secured a second-run deal in the U.K. with NBC Universal Global Networks' Diva TV. The series follows psychic Mia Dolan …

LONDON, December 10: Maria Valenzuela has been promoted to VP of sales for Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI), based in the company's Spanish distribution office in Madrid. Reporting to Stuart Baxter, SPTI's executive VP of distribution, Valenzuela will head up …

NEW YORK, December 9: Jeff Zucker, the president and CEO of NBC Universal, told analysts at a media investor conference sponsored by investment banking firm UBS that NBC is considering cutting the number of hours it provides programming. "Can we …

HILVERSUM, December 9: Endemol and Talpa Media have ended their cooperation agreement, which included the international distribution and production of TV formats, and will not go forward with plans for the creation of joint-venture production companies. Instead, each company will …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, December 9: Kosmix, a search startup founded by Internet entrepreneurs Venky Harinarayan and Anand Rajaraman, has raised $20 million in a funding round led by Time Warner, bringing its total backing to $55 million. Time Warner's investment adds …