World Screen

HONG KONG, July 15: Hong Kong-based English-language channel TVB Pearl has signed a landmark agreement with Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific) to offer a raft of ad-supported U.S. network series on its online on-demand service, CatchUp TV, free of charge. …

SAN MATEO, July 15: A range of movies from Paramount Pictures will be available for online rental or purchase from Jaman.com, including The Kite Runner, There Will Be Blood and Into the Wild. Jaman.com users will also have access to …

NEW YORK, July 15: Classic Media has reaffirmed its 100-percent copyright ownership of the Lassie brand, in the wake of a recent ruling in a copyright case at the U.S. Court of Appeals. On Friday, a Ninth Circuit judge ruled …

BETHPAGE, July 15: Cablevision Systems has added hundreds of new programs to its free VOD library available to iO TV digital cable customers, including a raft of programming from MTV Networks. The new content includes Comedy Central’s The Daily Show …

SINGAPORE, July 15: Singaporean pay-TV operator StarHub plans to be offering five high-definition channels on its digital cable platform by the end of this year, including a sports service. "StarHub was the first pay-TV operator to offer commercial HDTV services …

TORONTO, July 15: Astral Media’s The Movie Network, Mpix and Viewers Choice will showcase a range of new and returning series from HBO and Showtime, Canadian originals, classic movies and live events in their fall schedules. The Movie Network’s slate …

SÃO PAULO, July 15: Globo TV International has re-signed a commercial agreement with Televisora de Costa Rica, which sees some 2,000 hours of TV Globo content aired throughout the country via Teletica. TV Globo and Teletica have maintained a successful …

MUNICH, July 15: Telepool has acquired the exclusive TV and home-entertainment rights, including IPTV and VOD, for Big and Small from Studio100 Media, and will also serve as the agent for the property’s licensing rights in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO, July 15: Canadian animation network TELETOON has given Blueprint Entertainment the go-ahead for 26 half-hour episodes of the live-action tween comedy Go-Girl. Go-Girl tells the story of 15-year-old Becky Smith being elected as her town’s mayor after completing …

NEW YORK, July 15: Don Most and Anson Williams, who starred as Ralph and Potsie, respectively, in the long-running sitcom Happy Days, have reunited to produce a new series, Take 2, which brings together iconic duos of the past and …