World Screen

SAN FRANCISCO, September 10: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has signed a multi-year licensing agreement with the games division of RealNetworks to develop Million Dollar Password as a casual game for online, PC, Mac and mobile platforms. Rollout will begin this fall …

SHERMAN OAKS, September 10: GRB Entertainment will head to MIPCOM with four new lifestyle series from Ananey Communications: Life-Changing Encounters, Market Values, Duet and Wish You Were Here. Life-Changing Encounters explores the inner world of internationally renowned masters of bodily …

LONGWOOD, September 10: The Television Syndication Company (TVS) has closed a number of international deals, including Discovery HD licensing the rights to The Lost City in the Sky. Daily Shortcuts and the lifestyle series For Your Home and Paint, Paper …

BURBANK, September 10: Disney-ABC Television Group has named three new executives to its digital media senior management team: Karin Timpone, Lauren DeVillier and Beth Johnson. Timpone joins as the senior VP of product strategy and marketing for the digital media …

NEW YORK/MOUNTAIN VIEW, September 9: NBC Universal has entered into a multiyear partnership that sees it working with Google to attract more non-traditional advertisers to its portfolio of assets, while also selling cable ad time through the Google TV Ads …

BEVERLY HILLS/HONG KONG/MUMBAI, September 9: Twentieth Century Fox and STAR have aligned to form Fox STAR Studios, which will produce world-class local-language films in Asia for worldwide distribution. The joint venture will make its first foray in India, with further …

PORT WASHINGTON, September 9: A new study from The NPD Group reveals that teens and young adults are not the only ones consuming digital media, noting that 61 percent of Internet users in the 44-to-61 demo had visited streaming or …

HONG KONG, September 9: The regional heads of leading pay-TV channel brands across Asia Pacific, including Discovery, HBO and Turner Broadcasting, have signed on for this year’s Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) conference. During the convention, which …

WASHINGTON D.C., September 9: National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has launched its wildlife network Nat Geo Wild in France on the CanalSat platform. Nat Geo Wild will be on the air from 7 a.m. to 1:30 a.m., available through CanalSat’s …

LOS ANGELES, September 9: Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) and Israel’s Tel-Ad Broadcasting Channels have renewed their longstanding programming deal for E! Israel, which is carried on the HOT cable and YES satellite platforms. The three-and-a-half year deal was negotiated …