World Screen

LOS ANGELES/LONDON, January 24: EPG-provider Gemstar-TV Guide International has filed suit against British cable platform Virgin Media, alleging patent infringement. Gemstar and its subsidiaries, StarSight Telecast and United Video Properties, have initiated patent litigation proceedings against Virgin Media in the …

MILAN, January 24: Francesco Mozzetti, the head of acquisitions and the sales department at RTI, is most concerned about running out of returning hits like House and CSI on Canale 5 and Italia 1 as he develops schedules for the …

ATLANTA, January 23: Adina Pitt, who previously served as the VP of acquisitions for Nickelodeon and MTVN Kids and Family Group, has been tapped as the VP of content acquisitions and co-productions for Cartoon Network and Boomerang. Based in New …

LOS ANGELES, January 23: Peter White, Garrett Law and A.J. Lewis are launching Attention Span Media, a full-service creative and production studio specializing in mobile and online content that will debut its first webisodic series, Dorm Life, on February 4. …

NORWALK, January 23: CABLEready has licensed a range of factual series to Latin American broadcasters, including Discovery, ahead of NATPE. Turner Latin America has gained pre-sale rights to air Stunt Stars, which is still in production. The 10 one-hour episodes …

LONDON, January 23: ALL3MEDIA International has inked a new deal in Germany for a local version of the British format I Want My Mummy (Mom’s on Strike) for RTL. In a deal brokered with IDTV Deutschland, a local version of …

NEW YORK/TORONTO, January 23: On behalf of Chapman Entertainment, HIT Entertainment has inked a range of Canadian broadcast and merchandising deals for the stop-motion animated children’s series Fifi and the Flowertots, which will air on the preschool channel Treehouse in …

SANTA MONICA, January 23: Lionsgate is heading to NATPE with a diverse slate of drama, kids’ and reality programming, headlined by the Golden Globe-winning AMC original series Mad Men. Mad Men, which debuted on AMC last year, depicts the professional …

NEW YORK, January 23: The U.S. Hispanic network V-me will roll out extensive prime-time coverage and analysis of the 2008 presidential election, featuring live updates from the channel’s news team. V-me’s election coverage explores the results and offers in-depth analysis …

MUNICH, January 23: Studio100 Media, the newly formed subsidiary of Belgium’s Studio100, has acquired extensive rights for the children’s series Balloontoons (Russian title Smeshariki) from German licensor FunGameMedia. Under the terms of the agreement, Studio100 Media has picked up all …