World Screen

LONDON/MUMBAI, January 29: HIT Entertainment has entered into another strategic partnership with Turner International India, expanding a deal for TV rights to Bob the Builder and Thomas & Friends to also include licensing representation. Cartoon Network in India has the …

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, January 29: Social-networking site MySpace and MTV, along with the Associated Press, have teamed up to offer Closing Arguments: A Presidential Super Dialogue to a potential audience of 200 million voters across a wide variety of outlets, …

MUNICH/LONDON, January 28: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) and ProSiebenSat.1 Group have signed a multi-year volume deal for current and library feature films and TV shows for the broadcasting group’s free-to-air channels in Germany, including The Tudors. The deal includes …

SANTA MONICA, January 29: Lionsgate has entered into a three-year programming deal with Viasat Broadcasting covering series, mini-series and TV movies for broadcast in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Slovenia, including the Golden Globe-winning Mad Men. The deal covers at least …

LOS ANGELES, January 29: Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has inked a multi-year agreement with Allcaro Entertainment to air its stable of feature films on Canadian pay-TV network Super Channel. Fox titles such as Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver …

NEW YORK, January 29: Verizon has announced that its fiber-optic television service, FiOS TV, has surpassed one million customers since its launch in September 2005, making it the tenth-largest cable provider in the U.S. According to company figures, 2007 was …

LOS ANGELES, January 29: CBS has ordered two new editions of Survivor, ahead of the February 7 premiere of Survivor: Micronesia, the series’ 16th edition. The new editions, 17 and 18, are slated for broadcast during the 2008-2009 season, and …

LAS VEGAS, January 29: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios is at NATPE this week offering up the 90s’ kids’ competition series Gladiators 2000, featuring a young Ryan Seacrest, to the U.S. syndication market, following the success of American Gladiators on NBC. Gladiators 2000 …

NEW YORK, January 29: The CBS soap Guiding Light, produced by Procter & Gamble Productions, is looking to reinvent itself with a new “modern, more realistic look,” set to be unveiled February 29. The new production model being implemented for …

WEST PALM BEACH, January 29: The classic series Baywatch, represented by FremantleMedia, has scored a slot on ION Television, via a deal with distributor Litton Entertainment. The show joins ION’s prime-time lineup on March 3 at 10 p.m., airing Mondays …