World Screen

LONDON, January 24: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has racked up approximately 300 hours of programming sales to Latin America ahead of NATPE next week. DIRECTV and the pan-regional TNT have picked up The Brit Awards 2008. Performances already confirmed for the …

ENGLEWOOD, January 24: Starz Entertainment has secured the rights to hundreds of movie titles through new library agreements and extended output deals with five major studios, including Sony Pictures Television, Disney-ABC Domestic Television and MGM Worldwide Television Group. Among the …

LOS ANGELES, January 24: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) has secured additional carriage for its new MGM HD Channel, featuring classic and contemporary films in high definition, on Verizon’s FiOS TV service. MGM HD will be rolled out in late 2008 across …

PHILADELPHIA/SAN DIEGO, January 24: FEARnet, a horror and thriller website and VOD service, has inked a deal to bring its content to Veoh Networks, the Internet video service backed by former Disney chief Michael Eisner, with the two companies set …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, January 24: NBC Universal-owned SCI FI Channel has picked up the off-network cable rights to seasons one and two of the drama series Jericho from CBS Television Distribution. Jericho will make its SCI FI debut with a …

LOS ANGELES, January 24: The floral service Teleflora has teamed up with NBC and producers Reveille for America’s Favorite Mom, a one-hour prime-time special airing on May 11, Mother’s Day, at 7 p.m. The initiative, which commemorates the 100th anniversary …

NEW YORK, January 24: A new study from ABI Research says that the total number of mobile TV subscribers will rise to 462 million by 2012, driven largely by the expansion of 3G networks and flat-rate plans for mobile video. …

LONDON, January 24: BBC Worldwide has inked a deal to bring current and archived short-form content to MySpaceTV, the social networking site’s online video platform, marking the first global agreement of its kind between MySpaceTV and a major broadcaster. Under …

BUCHAREST, January 24: Romania’s Intact Media Group, whose bouquet of stations already includes Antena 1 and Euforia Lifestyle TV, has received licenses from the National Audiovisual Council (CNA) to launch three new channels, focusing on sports, music and financial news. …

MIAMI, January 24: Telemundo Communications Group has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit brought by Grupo Televisa four years ago stemming from a dispute over the actor Mauricio Islas. This suit alleged that Telemundo “tortuously interfered” with Televisa’s contract with …