World Screen

KNOXVILLE/DULLES, June 18: Scripps Networks has partnered with AOL to deliver clips from its portfolio of lifestyle brands to online consumers through AOL Video and selectively throughout AOL Food, AOL Home and Slashfood later this summer. Highlights from selected HGTV …

HILVERSUM, June 18: Endemol International has been commissioned by an undisclosed network in the Middle East for a local version of its obstacle-course format Wipeout. The series will be produced by Endemol Middle East at the international set for Wipeout …

SÃO PAULO, June 18: Globo TV International is showcasing an array of documentaries, dramas, comedies and telenovelas at DISCOP this week as it looks to build on its successful business in Central and Eastern Europe. Currently, TV Globo’s productions are …

NEW YORK/BUDAPEST, June 18: Czech TV is among several Central and Eastern European broadcasters that have picked up content from AETN International, the distributor announced as DISCOP opened in Budapest today. Czech TV picked up a package that includes the …

MUNICH, June 18: Studio100 Media has reached a five-year broadcast agreement with the pan-Arabian Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC) for its CGI-animated and live-action preschool series Bumba The Clown. Studio100 Media has granted JCC the exclusive free-TV and pay-TV rights …

KUALA KUMPUR, June 18: The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) has launched a new award to honor reporting on HIV/AIDS in the Asia-Pacific region. The ABU Prize for HIV/AIDS Programs is open to all ABU member organizations. Entrants may submit up …

NEW YORK, June 18: CBS is offering a sneak peek at the new website for the daily syndicated news show The Insider, which will enable users to interact with each other as well as with the content itself. Located at …

STOCKHOLM, June 18: film2home.com, an electronic-sell-through and VOD movie portal based in the Nordic region, has launched a new peer-to-peer file-sharing service, film2home P2P, which is based on bittorrent technology. With the rollout of this new service, film2home aims to …

NEW YORK, June 18: Nickelodeon Kids and Family Group has formed a new division for games and another for virtual worlds, naming Dave Williams and Kyra Reppen to lead them, respectively. Williams will serve as the senior VP and general …

LOS ANGELES, June 18: Generate, a youth-targeted multiplatform entertainment studio headed up by ex-The WB chief Jordan Levin, has opened its New York office, and has made two new executive appointments to its sales and branded-entertainment teams. Peggy Mansfield has …