World Screen

NEW YORK, December 5: CBS is looking to its sister cable network Showtime for content to help fill its prime-time schedule as the writers strike continues in the U.S. Speaking at the UBS Annual Global Media & Communications conference yesterday, …

LOS ANGELES, December 5: News Corporation-owned Fox Entertainment Group (FEG) has acquired the faith and spirituality website Beliefnet. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Beliefnet will become part of Fox Digital Media, spearheaded by president Dan Fawcett. Fox …

LONDON, December 5: The Global Content division at ITV, led by Dawn Airey, has made its first acquisition, shelling out an initial £26 million in cash for independent producer 12 Yard. The deal with 12 Yard’s owners—Hat-Trick Productions and the …

BEIJING, December 4: National Geographic Digital Motion has scored the rights to never-before-seen archival footage from China in a first-time agreement with China Intercontinental Communications Centre (CICC), the media production arm of China’s State Council Information Office. The deal grants …

MEXICO CITY, December 4: Universal Pictures International Entertainment has appointed Fernando Del Rio as managing director of Universal Pictures Mexico, effective immediately. Based in Mexico City, Del Rio will focus on using the studio’s new release slate and a growing …

SAN FRANCISCO/BOSTON, December 4: Joy Tashjian Marketing Group (JTMG) has been named the exclusive licensing representative for three WGBH brands: Antiques Roadshow, PEEP and the Big Wide World and Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman. Working under the guidance of David Bernstein, …

MANCHESTER, December 4: Cosgrove Hall Films has inked a deal to exclusively produce a series of 10 one-minute interstitials, Eddie Retractorhead, for Nickelodeon UK. The interstitials will begin airing in 2008 and, if successful, Cosgrove hopes Eddie Retractorhead will evolve …

VICTORIA, December 4: Australian-based factual distributor Looking Glass International has launched a branded channel on Joost featuring an initial lineup of 15 hours of content. Looking Glass Television promises to deliver documentaries from around the world, as well as a …

LONDON, December 4: ALL3MEDIA International has announced new sales in Sweden and Norway for its drama, sports and factual entertainment programming. In Sweden, TV4 has acquired several properties, including Torn, a 3×1-hour TXTV drama produced for ITV1 that follows the …

SINGAPORE, December 4: Tales Alive, a series of English-language animated shorts based on nine original children's storybooks published under the Media Development Authority’s (MDA) First Time Writers and Illustrators Publishing Initiative (FTWIPI), launched today on MediaCorp TV 12 Kids Central …