World Screen

CENTURY CITY, July 29: Hallmark Cards has scored access to sound clips and iconography from Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising to develop a range of social expressions for hit properties such as 24, The Sound of Music, Planet of …

BETHPAGE, July 29: Cablevision Systems is adding 15 new high-definition offerings to its iO TV HD lineup, which will bring its total to 60 channels. The new additions will launch across Cablevision’s service area over a five-day period that began …

SÃO PAULOO, July 29: TV Globo International, which delivers Portuguese-language content to a host of international markets, is adding to its schedule a cultural magazine series filmed in Angola and Mozambique. Revista Africa, slated for a third-quarter launch, is a …

MEVASSERT ZION, July 29: The Saddest Sketch Show in the World, the new scripted comedy from Armoza Formats, scored a successful debut on Israel’s Channel 10, and has already been optioned in Germany. The sketch show, produced by Matar Plus, …

LOS ANGELES, July 29: Sí TV, the media company that targets U.S. Hispanics with English-language content, has secured a deal with Time Warner Cable and Verizon to make a selection of its HD programming available through their on-demand services. Time …

NEW YORK, July 29: VOOM HD Networks has announced a second international carriage deal for RUSH, the 24-hour linear channel devoted to extreme sports. RUSH will launch on Germany’s cable operator Kabel BW on the newly released pay-TV package, adding …

LONDON, July 29: Portman Film & Television, part of the Digital Rights Group, has completed a range of deals for the series Doc Martin, including a new Spanish version of the show. Spanish terrestrial broadcaster Antena 3 has picked up …

BRUSSELS, July 28: The European Commission has released a report indicating that 65 percent of European broadcasters’ schedules is made up of content from within the region, with more than 37 percent hailing from independent producers. The report assessed the …

LOS ANGELES, July 28: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios today unveiled THIS TV, a 24/7 linear channel featuring films and TV shows from its library—as well as kids’ fare courtesy of Cookie Jar Entertainment—that can be launched by local stations seeking to …

LOS ANGELES, July 28: All five nominees from the category of outstanding reality/competition host—Dancing with the Stars’ Tom Bergeron, Survivor’s Jeff Probst, Deal or No Deal’s Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum of Project Runway and American Idol’s Ryan Seacrest—will host the …