World Screen

MIAMI, March 25: NBC Universal Global Networks is shuttering its Buenos Aires office and transferring local ad sales and affiliate sales for its channels in Latin America to Fox Latin American Channels. Under the new structure, NBC Universal’s Miami office …

AMSTERDAM/LONDON, March 25: Jetix has closed a deal with France Telecom to deliver its channels and other nonlinear video content across the Orange mobile network in the U.K., Portugal, Romania, Poland and Moldova. This deal is the first of its …

ATLANTA, March 25: TBS, TNT and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) are teaming up to celebrate the 75th anniversary of King Kong next month, kicking off with TCM’s broadcast of the original 1933 classic film on Monday, April 7, at 8 …

WASHINGTON, March 25: Retirement Living TV (RLTV), the first network dedicated to people 55 and older, has expanded its reach in the U.S. by inking a new distribution agreement with Verizon FiOS. RLTV programming is now available on Verizon FiOS …

NEW YORK, March 25: Next month, Spike TV will air the complete Star Wars Saga as a two-weekend event, marking the first time that all six movies, including Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, will be presented together …

BURBANK, March 25: FOX has renewed Prison Break for a fourth season, ordering 22 episodes to premiere in the fall. The show’s third season was cut short to just 13 episodes as a result of the Hollywood writers’ strike. Production …

TOKYO, March 25: As part of a deal with NBC Universal International, the Japanese MSO giant Jupiter Telecommunications is set to begin carrying SCI FI Channel on its J:COM Digital Broadcasting service, effective April 1. Set to air on the …

BURBANK, March 25: FOX is reportedly refusing to pay an indecency fine levied by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a 2003 episode of the reality series Married by America. Last month, the FCC fined 13 FOX Television Network stations …

MONTEREY, March 25: A new study from SNL Kagan estimates that there will be more than 71 million HD subscribers in the U.S. by 2012, with cable and satellite HD subscriber penetration to hit 65.7 percent of multichannel households by …

LOS ANGELES, March 24: Daniel Hetzer has joined Fox Television Studios (FtvS) as its VP of programming and co-production. In his new role, Hetzer will work out of the studio’s Los Angeles offices, and will focus on co-production efforts, primarily …