World Screen

COPENHAGEN, November 12: Submissions are being accepted for documentary projects that focus on subjects related to life above the Arctic Circle for Below ZERO, a new international pitching session organized by the European Documentary Network (EDN) set in Tromsø, Northern …

COLOGNE, November 12: Mobile Streams and ohm:tv have teamed up to deliver a range of new content to mobile customers in France, Germany, Austria, Sweden and Denmark, among other European countries. Through ohm:tv's distribution channels, mobile customers will be able …

This interview appeared in the October 2008 issue of TV Europe. In November, Woolfe announced that he was leaving Sky to head to Five. The British home of American series like Lost, the buzzed-about Fringe and the upcoming Battlestar Galactica prequel Caprica, …

GÜTERSLOH, November 11: For the first nine months of the year, Bertelsmann has reported a profit of 387 million euros, almost triple that of the year-ago period. Revenues, meanwhile, were flat at 11.4 billion euros, while operating EBIT was down …

SANTA MONICA, November 11: Narrowing its net loss to $48.1 million for the second quarter, from last year's $58 million, Lionsgate posted an 8-percent increase in revenues to $380.7 million. The gain was attributed to growth in the independent studio's …

LONDON, November 11: British cable platform Virgin Media is planning to eliminate about 2,200 positions by 2012 as part of a restructuring initiative. The move is intended to improve the efficiency of the business and improve cash flow by up …

NEW YORK, November 11: Lifetime Networks is ramping up its digital-media business with the acquisition of Korea's Roiworld.com, a teen-targeted casual gaming site, with a U.S. version of the popular destination slated to launch early next year. The Korean version …

LONDON, November 11: An extension of an existing partnership sees FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) helping to finance and market four of Spike TV's original series worldwide. The multi-million-dollar investment deal grants FME international distribution rights to the recently announced Spike TV …

BURBANK, November 11: Through an agreement with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution, TVNZ ondemand in New Zealand has launched Sorority Forever, an original short-form series from McG and the producers of the hit Internet offering Prom Queen. The drama/mystery consists …

BURBANK, November 11: Greg Behrendt's Wake-Up Call, Being Erica and Southern Bells (working title) are all set to join SOAPnet's lineup in 2009. Produced by Avalon Television, Greg Behrendt's Wake-Up Call is a reality series featuring the eponymous host, who …