World Screen

PHILADELPHIA, February 5: Comcast will launch a line up of new feature films, movie trilogies and TV series on its signature On Demand service, with the majority available in HD. A selection of new television series will premiere on Comcast’s …

NEW YORK, February 5: NBC Universal’s Bravo Media has started rolling out video content and an original online series on its satirical television commentary site, TelevisionWithoutPity.com. The first series on the site is This Week Without Pity, which has already …

NEW YORK, February 5: MTV has named Verizon FiOS TV as the exclusive on-demand provider for full episodes of its new series Randy Jackson Presents: America’s Best Dance Crew, which will become available 24 hours after its initial on-air broadcast. …

NEW YORK, February 5: Karl Rove, the senior advisor and former deputy chief of staff to U.S. President George W. Bush, has joined FOX News Channel (FNC) as a contributor, making his debut on the 24-hour cable news network during …

NEW YORK, February 5: A consortium of media companies, including MTV and MySpace, and cause partners such as the United Nations, have joined together for the fourth-annual Film Your Issue (FYI) global Internet-based short-film competition, open to young adults aged …

STOCKHOLM, February 5: Modern Times Group’s (MTG) Viasat Broadcasting has inked an agreement with Canal Digital in Sweden to include the Kanal 5 channel on Viasat’s DTH satellite and IPTV platforms, and for TV3 to be made available on Canal …

LONDON, February 5: MTV Networks International (MTVNI) and Microsoft’s Online Services Group have reached a deal to make clips from selected MTV Networks shows available across nine countries in Europe via MSN Video, Microsoft’s free, VOD Internet channel. The European …

EL SEGUNDO, February 5: Toy giant Mattel has appointed Creative Artists Agency (CAA) to develop entertainment programs for its key brands, including Barbie, Fisher-Price, Masters of the Universe and Polly Pocket, among others, across film, TV, video game and other …

GLENDALE, February 5: A record 97.5 million Americans tuned in to Sunday’s National Football League (NFL) championship game between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots, marking the biggest TV audience in Super Bowl history and the second …

TORONTO, February 5: A new report from Solutions Research Group’s Digital Life America has found that of all Internet users in the U.S., 43 percent—80 million—have watched one of their favorite TV shows on the Internet, up from 25 percent …