World Screen

LOS ANGELES, July 28: Amid an internal power struggle, the Screen Actors Guild’s (SAG) national board has backed the efforts of the union’s negotiating team to secure jurisdiction over online content and better residuals for the reuse of new media. …

NEW YORK, July 28: Verizon’s FiOS TV service is now available in New York City, offering 100 HD channels to 108 neighborhoods across the city’s five boroughs. The initial launch offers the FiOS TV service to some 300,000 households—delivering 100 …

LONDON, July 28: The BBC has commissioned a multiplatform HD documentary program, Britain From Above, to air across BBC One, Two and Four as well as online. From Lion TV, the new program will provide a bird’s eye view of …

SAN DIEGO, July 28: Entertainment Rights and GoAnimate.com have completed an agreement that allows users to write, create and animate their own episodes based on iconic brands such as Underdog, Richie Rich and Mr. Magoo. Beginning this September, users will …

LONGWOOD, July 28: The Television Syndication Company is offering up The New Detectives and The FBI Files, originally produced for the Discovery Channel by New Dominion Pictures, as one-hour weeklies for the 2008/09 syndication season. The New Detectives examines the …

LONDON, July 28: KidsCo will become part of the Spanish pay-TV platform Imagenio, following an agreement with local content provider Teuve. The new distribution agreement will see KidsCo’s children’s channel available as part of Imagenio’s family package. KidsCo is now …

LONDON, July 28: The AOL-owned social-networking site Bebo has inked a deal to incorporate the new Paramount Pictures youth-targeted release Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging into its hit online drama, Sofia's Diary. This is Bebo’s first movie-integration deal. It will …

NEW YORK, July 28: Nickelodeon will launch a new multiplayer global online game, Avatar: Legends of the Arena, in September. In the game, which serves as a prequel story to the series Avatar: The Last Airbender, players can create their …

BUENOS AIRES, July 28: Popular telenovela star Natalia Oreiro will play the lead role in Dori Media Group’s new multiplatform series Amanda O, which will air on weekdays in a virtual community site the company is launching this fall. Amanda …

LOS ANGELES, July 28: PorchLight Entertainment’s documentary War Child will be screened at several upcoming film festivals, including the Montreal International Film Festival. The film, chronicling Emmanuel Jal’s rise from Sudanese boy soldier to international hip hop recording artist, will …