World Screen

NEW YORK, October 26: Spike TV and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) organization have agreed to a new, three-year extension of their partnership, which will see the male-skewing network remain as the basic-cable home of the mixed martial arts brand …

LOS ANGELES, October 26: The American Film Market (AFM) has unveiled its schedule of seminars and conferences, a total of 16 panel sessions addressing topics such as distribution, budgeting, production incentives, digital distribution, film adaptation and mobile. The panel sessions …

LOS ANGELES, October 26: The Troll Company has responded to DIC Entertainment’s $20-million lawsuit filed earlier this week, calling the allegations of fraud and negligent representation “baseless.” On Wednesday, DIC Entertainment lodged a suit against the Troll Company (TC), alleging …

BOULOGNE, October 26: Group revenues at the market-leading French broadcasting group TF1 rose 4.5 percent in the first nine months of the year to 1.97 billion euros. Net advertising at the main TF1 channel was relatively flat at 1.23 billion …

MIAMI, October 25: Following its recent launch, CaribeVisión has announced several key executive appointments, including Emilio Braun Burillo in the role of executive VP. Burillo most recently founded the company Red W, a subsidiary of Grupo Pegaso, where he was …

HONG KONG/MUMBAI, October 25: Uday Shankar and Jadgish Kumar have been upped to the roles of CEO and COO of STAR India, respectively, effective immediately. Reporting to STAR’s CEO, Paul Aiello, Shankar will assume the position of CEO of STAR …

MUMBAI/BURBANK, October 25: Mahesh Samat has been appointed as the managing director of The Walt Disney Company (India), coordinating all of its efforts in the key Asian market. Based in Mumbai and reporting to Andy Bird, the president of Walt …

HILVERSUM/NAARDEN, October 25: Telescreen will work with entertainment holding company WMG Beheer on the development and production of new children’s animation properties that are intended for delivery and broadcast in fall 2008. The new partnership with kick off with Western …

LONDON, October 25: Parthenon Kids, the children’s division of Parthenon Entertainment, has optioned the rights to Rescue Rookies, an animated preschool property from British production company Bada Bling. Parthenon has the exclusive rights to further develop the series and pitch …

TORONTO, October 25: Peace Arch Entertainment Group has inked a deal for the exclusive Canadian distribution rights to two movies from filmmaker Uwe Boll: In The Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale and Postal, for both theatrical and …