World Screen

STOCKHOLM, May 23: Modern Times Group’s (MTG) Viasat has reached a five-year agreement with Telia, a leading Swedish telecommunications operator, to market and sell its pay-TV channel packages to Telia’s 300,000-plus IPTV customers and broadband subscribers, starting June 1. Under …

NEW YORK, May 23: USA Network has ordered an eighth season of 16 original episodes of the hit procedural drama Law & Order: Criminal Intent from Wolf Films and NBCU Cable Studio. This is the first time under NBCU Cable …

BURBANK, May 23: This fall, Disney-ABC Television Group will present a new version of its ABC.com full-length-episode player that will feature a completely redesigned user interface and will incorporate several enhancements to allow for user customization, interactivity and improved viewing …

NEW YORK, May 23: For the first time since its launch, FOX has become the number one television network in the U.S., thanks in part to its record-breaking telecast of the Super Bowl, and by strong ratings from the seventh-season …

NEW YORK, May 22: Bravo Media has made a series of promotions, as well as a new hire, for its production and development teams, including Andy Cohen being upped to the role of senior VP of original programming and development. …

AMSTERDAM/LONDON, May 22: Jetix Europe has appointed Orion Ross to the newly created post of VP of original content and creative, joining the company this summer. Ross will report to Marc Buhaj, the senior VP of programming for Jetix Europe, …

LOS ANGELES, May 22: MEN7 Network, Bennett Media’s multiplatform men’s lifestyle offering, will debut its weekly high-definition TV series The MEN7 Show, as well as its companion website, on July 3. The MEN7 Show will launch on ION Media Networks …

LONDON, May 22: Cake Distribution has sold the interactive animated reality sitcom Total Drama Island to a range of broadcasters in Europe, including Jetix Benelux. Cake Distribution has also licensed the series to Canal + Family in France, Noga Israel, …

LONDON, May 22: Cineflix International has secured a range of deals with nine Scandinavian broadcasters for more than 500 hours of in-house and third-party productions. Finland’s Nelonen picked up 224 hours worth of programming, including Naked Fashion, seasons one through …

LONDON, May 22: Change Productions has been commissioned by Five in the U.K. and National Geographic Channel (NGC) in the U.S. to produce the hour-long documentary special The Last Druids. Five has commissioned the doc for its Revealed strand, and …