World Screen

LOS ANGELES, January 11: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) will be heading to NATPE with a range of movies, including the war drama Valkyrie, The Pink Panther 2 and the latest James Bond title, as well as a slew of television series. …

DOHA, January 11: Al Jazeera Network has entered into an agreement with Hoist to make its English- and Arabic-language channels available in European hotels. Al Jazeera hopes that Hoist will be a key partner in the network’s initiative toward sustained …

HOLLYWOOD, January 11: Retirement Living TV (RLTV), the first network created for people 55 and older, will launch a new talk show, The Florence Henderson Show, hosted by the former The Brady Bunch star, on January 17 at 3 p.m. …

NEW YORK, January 11: 4Kids Entertainment has finalized broadcast agreements for Viva Piñata with Ten Network Australia, Cartoon Network Latin America and Turkey’s Digiturk JOJO Channel. New episodes of the animated children’s property will launch on TEN on February 15, …

TORONTO, January 11: Canada’s CTV and the CTVglobemedia-owned channel SPACE: The Imagination Station have acquired the rights to air the new sci-fi series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. The series will premiere Sunday, January 13 at 9 p.m. on CTV …

TORONTO, January 11: Peace Arch Entertainment Group has completed the acquisition of the remaining 59.99 percent of the shares of Dufferin Gate Productions. Peace Arch had initially acquired 40.01 percent of Dufferin Gate in July 2007. Under the terms of …

SANTA MONICA, January 11: Lionsgate has inked a deal with producer-distributor Nu Image/Millennium Films for the North American distribution rights to the new Conan the Barbarian film, based on Robert E. Howard’s mythical conquering hero. Nu Image/Millennium’s Boaz Davidson and …

LOS ANGELES, January 11: The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has announced the nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement across feature film, documentary and television categories, with the winners to be named on Saturday, January 26, at the Hyatt Regency Century …

NEW YORK, January 11: CBS Corporation has completed the sale of television stations in four markets to Four Points Media Group, an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, for $185 million in cash. With this deal, CBS Corporation has now completed …

PARIS, January 11: The one-year-old international news channel France 24 is opposing President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plans to scrap the service’s English and Arabic feeds in order to operate solely in French, calling the proposed move “senseless.” Earlier this week, Sarkozy …