World Screen

LONDON, September 30: Warner Bros. today announced plans to release select titles to video-on-demand platforms in Korea two weeks prior to their DVD rollout, given the Asian nation’s sophisticated digital infrastructure. "Korea is the ideal market for us to expand …

HOLLYWOOD, September 30: Paramount Pictures has inked a new five-year deal to distribute worldwide the next five self-produced features from Marvel Entertainment, following the success of their previous collaboration on Iron Man. The new deal includes theatrical distribution in foreign …

LONDON, September 30: ITV’s Global Content division has acquired a 51.2-percent interest in the Berlin-based TV producer in Imago TV Film-und Fernsehproduktion, through its wholly owned Granada Germany subsidiary. The move is part of ITV’s global growth strategy, as it …

HILVERSUM, September 30: Zodiak Television is expanding its presence in the Netherlands, where it already owns Kanakna, taking full control of Palm Plus Productions. Palm Plus and Kanakna Holland will be merged into a new company, but each will retain …

BURBANK, September 30: Sonny with a Chance, an original comedy about a talented Midwestern girl who relocates to L.A. for a role on a sketch-comedy series, is set to premiere in early 2009 on Disney Channel in the U.S. Demi …

NEW YORK, September 30: CBS Consumer Products has signed a deal with EMS Exhibits to bring the museum exhibit CSI: The Experience to Europe, debuting in Vienna at the Riesenradplatz in the fourth quarter of this year. Originally developed by …

HILVERSUM, September 30: A mix of new reality, entertainment and game-show formats, including the psychological-competition series Estate of Panic, will be on offer at MIPCOM from Endemol. Estate of Panic challenges contestants to hunt for cash in a huge country …

NEW YORK, September 30: SCI FI Channel has acquired the U.S. television rights to the two MGM Stargate films, Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate: Continuum, which are set to air next spring. Stargate: The Ark of Truth picks …

WASHINGTON, DC, September 30: National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has commissioned Consecuencias: Latin America Uncovered, its first program produced entirely in Spanish. Produced by FOXTelecolombia, the four-part show is hosted by journalist, author and scholar Alvaro Vargas Llosa and will …

NEW YORK, September 30: Bravo has acquired the exclusive cable rights for the original 13-episode run of the drama series Swingtown, from CBS Television Distribution, to be aired later this fall. Swingtown traces two generations of friends and neighbors as …