World Screen

LOS ANGELES, November 18: Tom Rogers, the president and CEO of TiVo, will deliver the NATPE 2009 Newsmakers Address on January 28 at 9 a.m. at the association's annual conference in Las Vegas. His speech, entitled "Avoiding the Demise of …

SANTA CLARA, November 18: Yair Landau, the former president of Sony Pictures Digital, is calling on artists around the world to animate segments of a short film he is directing and producing, in an initiative dubbed Mass Animation, backed by …

SINGAPORE, November 18: The Asia Media Festival (AMF), a range of events taking place this December, led by the flagship Asia TV Forum, will put a spotlight on collaborations between Singaporean and Chinese content companies. The two countries signed several …

SACRAMENTO, November 18: A new unscripted drama series from Mark Burnett Productions and Maloof Television will follow the Sacramento Kings basketball team as it undergoes a reformation. Rebuilding the Kingdom will not only profile the team on its comeback trail, …

SINGAPORE, November 18: ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has been appointed as the long-term global TV production partner for cricket's Champions League Twenty20 tournament. ESS recently acquired the exclusive global commercial rights for the league for a period of ten years. …

NEW YORK/LONDON, November 18: AETN International has landed a slate of deals with broadcasters across Germany, including RTL, which picked up seasons one and two of Ice Road Truckers. Ice Road Truckers is the highest-rated series on History in the …

TEL AVIV, November 18: Dori Media Group has launched the world's first commercial community website dedicated to telenovelas, Novebox.com, which features a new multiplatform series that Dori produced specifically for the site, Amanda O. Novebox.com is available in Spanish and …

NEW YORK, November 18: The Lifetime original movie The Two Mr. Kissels, which stars ER's John Stamos and Robin Tunney of The Mentalist, drew in 4.2 million total viewers, averaging a 3.3 household rating during its November 15 premiere. The …

SYDNEY, November 18: Beyond Distribution has taken on the worldwide distribution rights for Whalley-Abbey Media's cooking series Chuck's Day Off. The 13×30-minute series, shot in HD, is currently in production and will premiere next year on Food Canada. The show …

NEW YORK, November 18: HIT Entertainment and Merlin Entertainments Group have commissioned Bob the Builder in 4-D: Bob the Builder and the Roller Coaster, a ten-minute animated special that will air in LEGOLAND family theme parks worldwide beginning in March. …