World Screen

NEW YORK, January 10: A strike has been averted at CBS News, with some 500 employees who are members of the Writers Guild of America inking a new contract after working without one since April 2005. In November, CBS newswriters …

NEW YORK, January 9: Lightworks Enterprises has appointed Barbara Ann Toffolo as its new marketing director. Based in the New York office, Toffolo will oversee all marketing and communications for Lightworks’ businesses, which include Lightworks Program Distribution, Lightworks Producing Group, …

ATLANTA, January 9: Brenda Freeman has been named to the newly created position of chief marketing officer for Turner Broadcasting’s Animation, Young Adults and Kids Media group. In her new role, Freeman will provide overall vision and leadership in the …

NEW YORK, January 9: The American music cable network fuse has secured the rights to Planet Rock Profiles from Ireland’s Monster Distributes for launch as part of a major programming revamp. The initial agreement will bring 55 Planet Rock interview …

BASKING RIDGE/LOS ANGELES/LAS VEGAS, January 9: TOKYOPOP has launched a mobile video channel featuring anime and other Asian content on the Verizon V CAST platform. The channel features manga videos and anime clips and other Asian entertainment. Fifteen to 20 …

NEW YORK, January 9: Elias Arts has joined forces with the Pangea Day organizers, opening up its extensive music library to filmmakers around the world as they prepare their short-film submissions for the one-day global event. Elias Arts has announced …

LONDON, January 9: ALL3MEDIA International has inked a deal with independent Swiss producer allcomm productions for the distribution rights to the weight-loss format Village on a Diet. Village on a Diet was produced by allcomm productions for SF Channel 1 …

NEW YORK, January 9: RHI Entertainment’s two-hour movie Journey to the Center of the Earth will premiere during ION Television Network’s RHI Movie Weekend block on Sunday, January 27. The newest adaptation of the classic novel by Jules Verne stars …

TORONTO, January 9: Disney’s Bernard Gershon, along with ESPN’s chairman emeritus Herbert A. “Herb” Granath and Greycroft’s Drew Lipsher have been added to the schedule for the History Makers 2008 Summit, which is scheduled to take place in New York …

TORONTO, January 9: Corus Entertainment has extended its multi-year broadcast partnership with MTV Networks International to encompass all digital rights for Nickelodeon and related brands, covering broadcast, broadband, mobile, video-on-demand, pay-per-view, electronic sell-through and gaming. Under the new multiplatform agreement …