World Screen

TORONTO, September 26: Canadian-based Partners In Motion and Breakthrough Films & Television, along with its distribution division, Breakthrough Entertainment, have teamed up for a new program development and distribution co-venture. As part of the alliance, Breakthrough and Partners In Motion …

STOCKHOLM, September 26: As part of a restructuring of its Viasat DTH satellite pay-TV offerings, Modern Times Group (MTG) will offer its subscribers more than 20 different options of how they can customize their pay-TV channel packages. The move reflects …

STOCKHOLM, September 26: Viasat has announced plans to launch TV6, a new male-skewing general entertainment channel, in Hungary, in early 2008. Primarily targeting men over 20, TV6’s program schedule will feature localized content and revolve around high-quality series, movies, animation …

SILVER SPRING, September 26: According to a new report from market research firm Pike & Fischer, Americans will spend nearly two hours per day on video-on-demand viewing by 2012. According to the report, while the average monthly TV viewing time …

NEW YORK, September 26: The Nielsen Company has said it will triple the size of its National People Meter (NPM) television ratings panel by 2011, increasing to 37,000 homes and 100,000 people. The NPM panel now encompasses about 12,000 U.S. …

UNTERFOEHRING, September 26: EM.Sport Media has reached a deal to acquire up to 36.4 percent in Highlight Communications, a film, home entertainment and sports and event-marketing company whose assets include majority stakes in Germany’s Constantin Film and Lucerne’s Team Holding, …

LONDON, September 26: British morning show GMTV has received a £2-million fine from Ofcom for Broadcasting Code breaches in relation to its premium-rate phone competitions. The fine follows an investigation by Ofcom into allegations that staff at Opera Telecom, the …

LOS ANGELES, September 26: A federal appeals court in California has denied a petition by Stephen Slesinger Inc. to reinstate its long-running case against The Walt Disney Company over royalties from Winnie the Pooh. In 2004, a Los Angeles court …

NORWALK, September 25: CABLEready has secured worldwide distribution and format rights to the popular TV Guide network series Making News: Texas Style, to add to its highlights for MIPCOM. The 13×30-minute Making News: Texas Style follows the professional lives of …

LOS ANGELES, September 25: MarVista Entertainment has acquired the international distribution rights to Inspector Mom and Inspector Mom—Kidnapped in Ten Easy Steps from the Lifetime Movie Network. The acquisition of the two television movies from Lifetime expands upon a well-established …