World Screen

MIAMI, December 4: Telemundo Internacional's Without Breasts There's No Paradise, adapted from the hit Colombian telenovela, will debut on Cool TV in Hungary on December 26 at 4:30 p.m. The telenovela, which stars Carmen Villalobos, has already been launched in …

NEW YORK, December 4: HIT Entertainment and Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), the first national Aboriginal television network in the world, have teamed up to launch The Pingu Show in Canada this fall during the APTN Kids programming block. APTN …

PARIS, December 4: Mediatoon has inked several new deals for The Magic Roundabout with broadcasters in Italy, Finland and the Middle East, among others. Italia 1 in Italy, Norway's TV2, YLE in Finland, TRT in Turkey, EESTI in Estonia and …

TOKYO, December 4: Toei Animation has appointed The Licensing Company Germany as the merchandising broker for Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT. The Licensing Company Germany will handle Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland. The Licensing Company will …

NEW YORK, December 4: CBS Consumer Products has launched an exclusive clothing and accessories line at select Walmart stores based on the hit TV series America's Next Top Model. The original line features clothing, bags, hats, fragrances and room décor …

LONDON, December 4: Sony Pictures Television International has promoted Damian Newton to senior VP of digital initiatives for the company's European distribution division. Newton, who joined the company last year and is based in SPTI's London office, heads a team …

LONDON, December 3: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has turned down a bid by Europe's free-to-air stations to buy the rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympics, leaving each broadcaster, including the BBC, to negotiate individually. It is the first …

PARIS, December 3: Vivendi has announced that it will not sell its 20-percent stake in NBC Universal this year, an investment that brings in some $400 million in annual dividend payments for the entertainment group. Each year, until 2016, from …

LONDON, December 3: The Competition Commission has provisionally ruled against Kangaroo, a joint-venture on-demand service from BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, arguing that it would restrict competition in the British VOD market. "We are concerned that the loss of …

LOS ANGELES, December 3: National Geographic Channel is the first network to utilize Nielsen's new DigitalPlus service, which records second-by-second viewership data from set-tops. The new service provides insight into how many viewers watch each commercial. Nielsen relies on data …