World Screen

NEW YORK, September 28: SCI FI Channel has greenlit production on a third season of 13 hours of its original dramedy Eureka, and has also renewed its investigative reality series Destination Truth for a second season of six episodes. Production …

NEW YORK, September 28: Bravo’s three-time Emmy-nominated fashion design competition reality series Project Runway will return for its fourth season on November 14 at 10 p.m. Host and supermodel Heidi Klum will return to the show, along with judges such …

LONDON, September 28: Coolabi, the TV production and licensing company behind King Arthur’s Disasters and Sir Gadabout, among others, has reached a deal to acquire the production outfit Indie Kids for an undisclosed sum. Indie Kids is responsible for such …

OSLO, September 28: Schibsted, which is active in newspaper publishing, online businesses and TV and film production, has taken full control of Metronome Film & Television by acquiring Endemol’s 35-percent stake in the Scandinavian production company for SEK 145 million …

BURBANK, September 28: In the hotly contested Wednesday 9 p.m. slot, Bionic Woman won the night in the coveted 18-49 demographic against ABC’s Private Practice, CBS’s Criminal Minds and FOX’s Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. Bionic Woman followed by Life at 10 …

BURBANK, September 28: The Walt Disney Company is closing down its branded cell-phone service for kids at the end of this year and is looking instead to develop a partnership with “a major U.S. carrier.” The mobile virtual network (MVNO) …

NEW YORK, September 28: CBS has launched EyeLab, an editing studio dedicated to creating promotional content to be distributed across CBS Interactive platforms. The new short-form video content will be produced by fans, online content editors and producers of CBS …

LOS ANGELES, September 28: The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), on behalf of the major Hollywood movie studios, has filed lawsuits in a Los Angeles federal court against Cinematube.net and Ssupload.com, which the organization claims facilitate copyright infringement on …

DOHA, September 27: Al Jazeera English has appointed former Turner Broadcasting System executive Phil Lawrie as the director of global distribution, with responsibility for obtaining broad distribution in the U.S. market, as well as deeper penetration in India and other …

NEW YORK, September 27: HBO has appointed four new VPs of international distribution and has upped Jennifer Bowen to senior VP of international distribution, reporting to Charles Schreger, the president of programming sales. Carol Eymery, Rose Marie Vega and Roberta …