World Screen

LONDON, October 30: Digital Rights Group-owned C4i has closed a raft of post-MIPCOM deals with broadcasters in Scandinavia for a number of its comedy, drama and documentary titles. TV4 Sweden picked up a package that included The Inbetweeners, which follows …

TORONTO, October 30: DECODE Interactive, the new-media division of DECODE Enterprises, has re-teamed with artist Nathan Jurevicius for a new mobile game made exclusively for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch platforms, Whack O Lantern. The game combines the fast-paced …

PHILADELPHIA, October 29: Comcast Corporation delivered gains in its third quarter, with revenues up 10 percent to $8.5 billion and net profit up 38 percent to $771 million, while earnings per share increased by 44 percent to $0.26. “We delivered …

HAMILTON, October 29: Central European Media Enterprises’ (CME) revenues for the first nine months of the year were up 35 percent to $729.9 million, with net profit more than tripling to $67.7 million and segment EBITDA increasing by 31 percent …

LONDON, October 29: Programming for CBBC and CBeebies scooped up a host of nominations for the EA British Academy Children's Awards, which will be presented November 30, and both services are up for channel of the year, facing off against …

LONDON, October 29: Channel 4’s acquisitions chief, Jeff Ford, is heading back to Five to assume the role of managing director of digital channels and acquisitions. Ford, the director of acquisitions at Film4 at Channel 4, was the managing editor …

HONG KONG, October 29: ITV Global Entertainment has firmed up a distribution alliance with India’s NDTV Networks for its new general-entertainment channel for Asia, Granada TV, which is set to launch on November 1 on the ABS-1 satellite. Granada TV …

LOS ANGELES, October 29: Party Monsters: Cabo, a new competition-based reality series that challenges nine event planners to throw the ultimate party for Hollywood celebrities, will premiere on E! on December 2 at 10 p.m. Contestants will plan and present …

MUNICH, October 29: The kids’ channels BabyTV and KidsCo are being added to German cable operator Unitymedia’s new children’s programming package. The new Digital TV Kinder offering is available for 7.90 euros per month. It features BabyTV in both English …

LOS ANGELES, October 29: Echo Bridge Entertainment has taken on the distribution rights to Lifetime Movie Network’s Taken in Broad Daylight, based on the true story of the abduction of a Nebraska teenager. Taken in Broad Daylight chronicles the abduction …