World Screen

LONDON/SYDNEY, April 25: Turner Broadcasting has commissioned British outfit Darrall Macqueen to produce a local version of the Australian kids’ series Hi-5 for the U.K., for launch on its preschool channel Cartoonito this year. Forty half-hour episodes of the British …

STAMFORD, April 25: World Wrestling Entertainment’s (WWE) WrestleMania XXIV will be the first sports title to be released in the Blu-ray high-definition DVD format in the U.S., Europe, Australia and Canada. The Blu-ray double-disc WrestleMania XXIV set will be available …

WHITE PLAINS, April 25: Nokia Productions is teaming with director Spike Lee on a social-media driven film, with footage shot entirely by everyday people on their mobile devices. With the central theme of humanity, specifically the way music tells the …

SILVER SPRING, April 25: Planet Green, Discovery Communications’ new 24/7 eco-friendly network, will roll out Greensburg, a 13-part docu-series executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio that chronicles the environment-conscious rebuilding of a Kansas town following one of the largest tornados in …

MIAMI, April 25: Alfredo Duran has been tapped as the senior VP of branded services and general manager of The Warner Channel Latin America, following several years with E! Entertainment Television in the region. Based in Miami, Duran will report …

ENGLEWOOD/PARIS, April 25: DISH Network will evaluate the DVB-SH (Digital Video Broadcasting-Satellite services to Handhelds) mobile broadcast technology in the U.S., with the appropriate equipment, test tools and training provided by Alcatel-Lucent. This test will take place in DISH Network's …

LONDON, April 25: James Murdoch, who was elevated to chairman and CEO for Europe and Asia at News Corporation in December, has said that the BBC is inhibiting competition in the British broadband market with its iPlayer service. Murdoch made …

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 25: On a panel commemorating World Intellectual Property Day, Dan Glickman, the chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), emphasized the global significance of intellectual property, noting that it is “no longer an …

LONDON, April 24: Current, the first peer-to-peer news and information network, has appointed Rebekah Billingsley to the new role of director of new media in the U.K. Reporting to Joanna Drake Earl, Current’s president of new media, Billingsley will be …

BEVERLY HILLS, April 24: The founding partners of entertainment law firm Raskin Peter Rubin & Simon have launched RPRS Media Partners, a production, distribution and branding strategic consultancy serving the global media and entertainment community, led by former Creative Artists …