World Screen

SAN FRANCISCO, January 28: VIZ Media announced that three of its animated action series—Naruto Uncut, Death Note and Bleach—will be available for digital download from Amazon Unbox. Only the first 25 episodes of Naruto and Bleach will be made available, …

CULVER CITY, January 28: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has secured a number of format deals for the hit U.S. game show Power of 10 across Europe, Asia and Latin America. SPTI has reached agreements for local versions of Power …

MONTREAL, January 28: BBC has acquired the reality political competition format The Next Great Leader from Distraction, with additional options for the show inked in South Africa and Holland. The Next Great Leader watches four finalists, who are young adults …

World Screen Weekly, January 24, 2008 COUNTRIES: 35 countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean LAUNCH DATE: Originally launched July 3, 2001; re-launched on April 3, 2006 OWNERSHIP: Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) DISTRIBUTION: 17 million households DESCRIPTION: Boomerang Latin America …

LOS ANGELES, January 28: Lifetime Television is set to launch its first ever dance competition series, Your Mama Don't Dance, next month, to be hosted by Beverly Hills 90210’s Ian Ziering. The show teams young professional dancers with one of …

BURBANK, January 28: NBC has revealed plans for a Tuesday, February 26 premiere of the MySpace-originated series quarterlife, which had been slated for an earlier rollout on Monday, February 18. Following its premiere, quarterlife will begin airing in its regularly …

NEW YORK, January 28: The Nielsen Company announced it will measure U.S. consumer preferences of the 2008 Super Bowl ads in real time from its first online social-networking platform, HeyNielsen.com. Hundreds of consumers from the volunteer panel will rate the …

NEW YORK, January 28: CBS Interactive has scored a two-year deal to become the official online partner of The Recording Academy to distribute programming around the Grammy Awards brand. CBS Interactive will develop online content, communities and promotions around the …

KUALA LUMPUR, January 28: Robert Odendaal, the CEO of Malaysian pay-TV giant Astro All Asia Networks (AAAN), is stepping down, effective April 15, citing “personal and lifestyle reasons.” The company’s board is seeking a successor. In the interim, Ralph Marshall, …

BEVERLY HILLS, January 28: Michael Eisner’s new-media studio Vuguru is launching a prequel web and mobile phone series based on the novel Foreign Body, by bestselling author Robin Cook, in conjunction with France’s Cyber Group Animation. The series, which will …