World Screen

BURBANK, May 22: Disney Channel has placed an order for a live-action comedy series tentatively titled Welcome to Mollywood, starring the young actress and recording artist Demi Lovato. Welcome to Mollywood centers on a 15-year-old Midwestern girl (Lovato) who is …

CAMBRIDGE, May 22: Brightcove has created a majority-owned Japanese subsidiary, Brightcove KK, backed by $4.9 million in new investment from the Internet TV platform and four Japanese partners: Dentsu, J-Stream, transcosmos and Cyber Communications, Inc. (CCI). Three of the investment …

BUENOS AIRES, May 22: As part of its regionalization strategy, MTV Networks Latin America is expanding its operations in Buenos Aires, Argentina, announcing an investment of some $76 million over the next five years. The investment will be used for …

NEW YORK, May 22: AOL is taking its online video portal to the international market, with launches in Canada, India and Taiwan, to be followed by the U.K., France and Germany in the fall. The international launches of AOL Video …

MEXICO CITY, May 22: U.S. Hispanic broadcaster Univision is set to launch its new VOD service in January, but it won’t be able to add any Televisa content to the offering, according to the Mexican media group. Televisa has a …

CANNES, May 22: Philippe Dauman, the president and CEO of Viacom, will deliver a keynote speech at this year’s MIPCOM, which will take place from October 13 to 17 in Cannes. In his keynote, Dauman will focus on the creative …

LOS ANGELES, May 22: Season seven of FOX’s American Idol came to a close last night with David Cook being crowned the winner after a record-setting 97.5 million votes. The votes received for this season shattered the previous Idol record …

April 2008 Brightcove is positioning itself as the go-to guide for media companies navigating the complexities of making content available online. The Internet TV platform was founded in 2004 by Jeremy Allaire, who played a key role in the development …

LONDON, May 21: Mahesh Ramachandra has been appointed as Galleon Holdings’ global director of entertainment, overseeing the company’s convergent media strategy. Ramachandra will monetize the company’s portfolio of entertainment properties across multiple platforms and territories, including the recently launched multiplatform …

LOS ANGELES, May 21: Mini Movie International Channel, a multiplatform new-media company, has launched its English-language website, which offers up a selection of international short films and original comedy programming for streaming. Located at www.minimovie.com, Mini Movie aims to offer …