World Screen

Hollywood, September 30: Twentieth Century Fox has appointed Gary Rosenfeld as the senior VP of new-media licensing, responsible for overseeing its portfolio of video-game projects based on its properties. Additionally, Rosenfeld will manage Twentieth Century Fox Licensing Merchandising’s games development …

LONDON, September 29: The U.K.’s Competition Appeal Tribunal has rejected BSkyB’s appeal over its ITV stake, ordering the satellite platform to reduce its holding in the commercial broadcaster from 17.9 percent to under 7.5 percent. The move supports a previous …

NEW YORK, September 29: Anna Carugati, the group editorial director of World Screen, presents a special video report on selling formats to the U.S. market. To view it, please click here. This special video report looks at the international concepts …

NEW YORK, September 29: A New York State Supreme Court Judge has granted a preliminary injunction preventing The Weinstein Company from taking Bravo’s reality hit Project Runway to the Lifetime network. In April, TWC announced a five-year deal to move …

NEW YORK, September 29: Liberty Media is said to be considering swapping its stake in Time Warner in exchange for control of AOL’s Internet-access business. At an investor conference in New York on Friday, John Malone, the chairman of Liberty …

HALIFAX, September 29: DHX Media, the parent company of DECODE Entertainment, is set to merge with Entertainment One, which recently took control of Oasis International and Blueprint Entertainment, among other assets. The deal announced today values DHX at C$1.59 per …

MUNICH, September 29: Muse Entertainment and Tandem Communications have teamed up to produce Night and Day, a new series for TNT created and written by Emmy Award-winners Joel Surnow, the co-creator of 24, and Todd Robinson. Night and Day stars …

MILAN, September 29: FASTWEB in Italy has signed a deal with Disney-ABC-ESPN Television to launch a number of series, including Lost and Criminal Minds, on its on-demand service. This is Disney-ABC-ESPN Television’s first agreement to make a TV series available …

MEXICO CITY/MIAMI, September 29: Grupo Televisa and Telemundo Communications Group have struck a deal that sees the U.S. Hispanic network broadcasting all of the soccer matches played at the home stadiums of six of Mexico’s premier teams. These rights also …

NEW YORK, September 29: Following the September debut of History HD in Southeast Asia, the network continues its rollout in the region with an October 1 launch in Japan. History HD will be managed, programmed and operated by The History …