World Screen

CHATSWORTH, August 14: Image Entertainment has acquired from Spitfire Pictures all worldwide home video, broadcast, digital and non-theatrical rights, with the exception of Japan, to The Who At Kilburn: 1977. The Who gathered in December 1977 at the Gaumont State …

TORONTO, August 14: Submissions are now being accepted for Sullivan Entertainment’s Anne of Green Gables Online Short Film Festival, where the winning entry will be included as an extra feature on the next Green Gables DVD. Contestants can submit a …

TORONTO, August 14: Portfolio Entertainment has completed deals throughout Asia and Australia for the Michael Smith culinary series Chef At Home and Chef At Large. Both the Asian Food Channel and XYZ have acquired the 52 episodes of the fifth …

EKATERINBURG, August 14: Russia’s Studio U7 has completed a new round of deals for several programs, including Fit for the Wild and Up Close and Dangerous. Russian national free-TV channel Zvezda picked up a 21-hour package of nonfiction titles, including …

LONDON, August 14: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has appointed Eddie Nelson as the general manager of the company’s networks in Central Europe, where he will oversee the four channel brands in the region. Based in Budapest, Nelson’s remit includes …

TORONTO, August 14: Rekha Shah has been appointed as director of sales at CCI Releasing, responsible for Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Canada. The appointment, which also sees Shah taking on an acquisitions and management role, takes …

MONTEREY, August 13: Revenues at the U.S. cable networks were up 12.6 percent to $38 billion in 2007, according to a new report from SNL Kagan, with affiliate revenues expected to continue to drive growth in the market this year. …

LONDON, August 13: Online catch-up services like ITV.com’s broadband player and Demand Five had an incremental effect on British viewing figures in the first half of this year, according to a new report from Thinkbox. The marketing body owned by …

NEW YORK, August 13: After just 11 months, Chris Albrecht has exited as the president of IMG Global Media and is planning to relaunch his production outfit, Foresee Entertainment. Albrecht was named to the post at IMG last September, in …

PHILADELPHIA, August 13: Comcast Corporation and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) have teamed up for a new VOD channel that features action movies and TV shows, including titles from the James Bond, Rocky and RoboCop franchises. With programming targeted at men aged 18 …