World Screen

HILVERSUM, September 25: Endemol is launching a sports division and is appointing former IMG executives Lawrence Duffy and Gregg Oldfield to run the new business venture. As joint managing directors of Endemol Sport, Duffy and Oldfield will be responsible for …

NEW YORK, September 25: In preparation for Brand Licensing Europe, World Screen is launching the digital edition of TV Kids Licensing Special Report. To view it, please click here. This comprehensive Special Report includes a feature that highlights some of …

LONDON, September 25: The U.K. media regulator Ofcom released its second public-service broadcasting (PSB) review, which shows that British audiences place high value on public-service content provided by broadcasters besides the BBC, even when faced with the possibility of having …

NEW YORK, September 25: Total measured advertising expenditures in the first six months of 2008 declined by 1.6 percent, compared to the same period in 2007, according to TNS Media Intelligence. Ad spending during the second quarter of 2008 was …

UNIVERSAL CITY, September 25: Relativity Media and Universal Pictures have extended and expanded their co-financing partnership through 2015. This will cover the majority of Universal's slate up until that time. Building on the success of their already established equity partnership, …

TORONTO, September 25: Entertainment One has completed the purchase of the television production companies Blueprint and Barna-Alper, the international television distributor Oasis, and the Canadian and international distribution operations of Maximum Films. The four acquisitions establish Entertainment One as a …

ENGLEWOOD, September 25: DISH Network Corporation announced an agreement with Sony Pictures Television to carry the studio's movies and other programming on its video-on-demand platform, DISH On Demand, as well as through its DISH Network Pay-Per-View services. As the U.S.’s …

LONDON, September 25: BBC Worldwide has inked a licensing deal to provide premium video content on the Nokia N96 handset in Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia. Episodes from Doctor Who, Walking with Dinosaurs and Tribe 2, as well as …

LOS ANGELES, September 25: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios has signed a carriage agreement for MGM HD with Bright House Networks, which reaches some 2.4 million customers. Bright House Networks has launched MGM HD to its subscribers in Tampa Bay, Orlando, Indianapolis, …

TORONTO, September 25: DECODE Enterprises has acquired the TV rights for a new teen comedy from Heroic Film Company, How to be Indie, which is set to air on YTV. The live-action comedy series will begin shooting this fall and …