World Screen

NEW YORK, March 13: AOL has entered into an agreement to acquire the global online social-media network Bebo for $850 million in cash. Bebo has a total membership of more than 40 million worldwide. It is one of the leading …

JERUSALEM, March 13: The Israeli government has accused Al Jazeera of biased coverage favoring the militant Hamas party and has said that the country’s officials will no longer be interviewed on the Middle Eastern news network. According to wire reports, …

LONDON, March 13: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has made a £114.3 million cash offer to acquire the Dutch interactive entertainment and format company 2waytraffic. The Hilversum-based company’s portfolio of formats includes You Are What You Eat, Take It Or Leave …

WASHINGTON D.C., March 12: National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has promoted Stephen Hunter from senior executive producer to VP of production. In addition to maintaining his current responsibilities, Hunter will oversee the management of production content, budgets and deliverables, supporting …

SANTA MONICA, March 12: Barbara Wall has been promoted to executive VP of television and Andy Richley to VP of television development at Lionsgate. Wall will continue to work on new program development for both broadcast and cable, including half-hour …

ENCINO, March 12: Solid Entertainment has joined forces with BlueFrontier.tv to distribute Jules Verne Adventures, a 7×1-hour documentary series that mixes adventure and exploration of some of the world’s great mysteries. The seven episodes that make up this package of …

LONDON, March 12: Interactive web-TV platform Babelgum is kicking off the launch of its newest software with the Babelgum Online Film Festival, a competition to be judged by Spike Lee, among others. More than a thousand productions from 86 countries …

LONDON, March 12: 3DD has closed a series of deal with international broadcasters on a range of documentaries and concerts featuring some of the world’s leading music artists. Having obtained the rights from 19 Management, 3DD has secured sales for …

SÃO PAULO, March 12: Globosat has announced that Premier Football Club (PFC), its dedicated Brazilian football channel, will debut in Nigeria this month on Trend TV. With only one year since its launch, PFC is already available in the U.S. …

SINGAPORE/INDONESIA, March 12: Singaporean cable platform StarHub has finalized a deal with Indonesian media company MNC for the carriage of the 24-hour general-entertainment network MNC—The Indonesian Channel. The new channel will launch on StarHub on March 17. Aside from Japan, …