World Screen

NEW YORK, September 11: United Talent Agency (UTA) and Jarrod Moses, most recently CEO of the WPP-owned brand firm Alliance, have formed United Entertainment Group (UEG), a new company devoted to building brand-specific entertainment properties and creating entertainment-based marketing solutions …

LOS ANGELES, September 11: A recent study from consumer research firm OTX and social networking site eCrush reports that 51 percent of U.S. teens aged 13 to 17 still find out about new TV shows from TV ads and promos. …

MIAMI, September 11: Univision's Spanish-language Democratic Presidential Candidate Forum last night attracted 4.6 million viewers, versus an average draw of 4.3 million viewers for this year's English-language debates on ABC, CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC. Among adults aged 18 …

LONDON, September 11: A new report issued by business consulting firm Bain & Company reveals that the European video content market is currently worth 123 billion euros and is growing at a rate of 4 to 6 percent per year, …

NEW YORK, September 11: A new report from TNS Media Intelligence reveals that total U.S. advertising expenditures slipped in the first half of 2007 by 0.3 percent to $72.59 billion, versus the same period a year ago, with broadcast television …

NEW YORK, September 10: Spike TV has announced a two-year extension of its partnership with TNA Entertainment, keeping it as the exclusive cable television home of TNA (Totally Nonstop Action) Wrestling’s weekly athletic entertainment series, iMPACT!, which will expand to …

LOS ANGELES, September 10: American Cinema International (ACI) is set to launch the 3-D CGI animated feature The Ten Commandments at this year’s AFM, following its U.S. theatrical release on October 19. ACI has acquired the international rights to the …

LONDON, September 10: UKTV Gold bagged the multichannel British broadcast rights to the new season of ABC’s hit show Dancing with the Stars, beginning September 28 at 8 p.m. The 10-week competition series, now in its fifth season in the …

PHILADELPHIA, September 10: The 24-hour multiplatform preschool channel PBS KIDS Sprout has signed a new carriage deal with Time Warner Cable, which already distributes the network’s VOD service. Time Warner Cable joins other PBS KIDS Sprout carriage partners such as …

NEW YORK, September 10: SiCKO, Michael Moore’s exposé of the American health care system, has become the third highest-grossing documentary of all time, totaling $24.2 million domestically since its June 29 theatrical debut. The film moved into third place, taking …