World Screen

LOS ANGELES, November 2: The Writers Guild of America has decided to go on strike after failing to reach a deal on the terms of a new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), and the …

NEW YORK, November 2: Net income at Viacom for the third quarter rose 80 percent to $641.6 million on revenues of $3.27 billion, a 24-percent gain, driven in part by the blockbuster Transformers. "Viacom delivered solid growth at the top …

LONDON, November 1: BBC Worldwide has named Neil Chugani as its CFO, succeeding David King, who has been appointed the managing director of acquisitions. Chugani will take up his new post in December. He will lead the financial team at …

LOS ANGELES, November 1: Adness Entertainment has bagged a number of new Latin-American merchandising deals on the 3-D character-based kids’ franchise Crack & Bonky following Expo Licensing Latin America. Last month, Adness announced the acquisition of the North American and …

SANTA MONICA, November 1: American Cinema International (ACI) has concluded a raft of new deals at the AFM and has also announced that production is set to begin on Well, its fourth film with Zeitsprung Entertainment. SPI International has picked …

LONDON, November 1: British independent production outfit Warner Sisters Productions and Granada International have inked a development deal for two television movies based on author Martina Cole’s most recent novels: The Graft and The Take. Granada International will take on …

TORONTO, November 1: Nickelodeon International has acquired CCI Entertainment’s children’s animated series Frankenstein’s Cat for broadcast on its feeds in Spain, Benelux, Southeast Asia, Australia, Latin America and Israel. Other broadcasters of the series include CBBC, ABC Australia, France 3 …

LONDON, November 1: Virgin Media Television’s light-entertainment channel Challenge has inked a deal with Zeal Entertainment, on behalf of the Miss World Organization, for the exclusive U.K. broadcast rights to the live Miss World 2007 competition final in December. This …

LOS ANGELES, November 1: As part of its new lineup of short-form programming designed for the “YouTube generation”, Playboy TV has announced that it will premiere a new comedy series titled Canoga Park. The series will premiere on November 9 …

LONDON, November 1: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) will roll out the general entertainment channel Sony Entertainment Television (SET) and the anime channel Animax in Africa this month on MultiChoice’s digital pay-TV satellite platform DStv. Launching with the tagline “100% …