World Screen

SANTA MONICA, July 17: VH1 has lined up a third season of Rock of Love, which features a new set of women competing for the heart of rock star Bret Michaels as they travel across America on a month-long tour. …

LONDON, July 17: Following the renewal of a multi-year combined-genre output deal, Finland’s YLE has picked up more than 100 episodes of the long-running British drama Coronation Street from ITV Worldwide for TV1. The series is set to debut in …

SYDNEY, July 17: Southern Star International has completed a deal with TV2 Norway for the drama series Out of the Blue. Out of the Blue, set in Manly, Australia, tells the story of a murder during a high-school reunion. Friendships …

LONDON, July 17: Bandai Spain has been appointed by Chorion as the toy distributor for Noddy in the region, joining the existing roster of 200-plus licensees for the hit brand worldwide. As Noddy heads into its 60th anniversary year in …

LONDON, July 17: ALL3MEDIA International has closed deals for its youth drama Skins in both Spain and the U.S. In Spain, the pay-TV channel Tueve acquired two seasons of the drama, with Antena 3’s new digital channel Neox to air …

DUBLIN, July 17: Monster Distributes has completed its first German sale of Planet Rock Profiles, with the Biography Channel licensing the series. Each half-hour episode profiles a major music artist ranging from Sheryl Crow to Linkin Park to Kid Rock …

LONDON, July 17: UKTV has named Paul Moreton and Steve Hornsey as the channel heads of Watch and Alibi, respectively. Both networks, along with UKTV GOLD, will launch on October 7. Currently the channel head of UKTV GOLD and Drama, …

NEW YORK, July 17: Phil Griffin, a 25-year veteran of NBC News, has been named president of MSNBC. Griffin, who has had executive oversight at MSNBC since 2006, will take over all day-to-day management issues at the network. Under his …

LONDON, July 17: Mark Hollingsworth is taking on the role of CEO at Ragdoll, following a number of years as commercial director, with Andrew Davenport taking over responsibility for all creative direction and company founder Anne Wood becoming chair of …

FOSTER CITY, July 16: A video service delivering almost 300 movies and more than 1,200 TV episodes to the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable gaming systems has been launched by Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA). Movies, TV shows and original …