World Screen

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK, August 9: According to The New York Times, the private equity firm Providence Equity Partners has acquired a 10-percent stake in the new online video venture from NBC Universal and News Corporation for $100 million. The as-yet-unnamed …

NEW YORK, August 9: Fourth-quarter profit at News Corporation rose 4.5 percent to $890 million, while full-year net income jumped 48 percent to $3.4 billion. For the quarter, revenues were up 9 percent to $7.4 billion and for the year …

LUXEMBOURG, August 8: Users of the online telephony service Skype can now share videos with each other, via the company’s new partnerships with Dailymotion and Metacafe. Skype 3.5 for Windows lets users download videos from these sites and add them …

LOS ANGELES, August 8: Si TV, the U.S. English-language cable network targeted to the 18 to 34 demographic in the Hispanic market, has partnered with Maria Perez-Brown and her production company, Dorado Entertainment, to develop and produce multiplatform content. Perez-Brown …

ATLANTA, August 8: Cartoon Network and VIZ Media have announced a new slate of action and anime programming for their free broadband ad-supported streaming video site Toonami Jetstream, which celebrated its one-year anniversary in July. Toonami Jetstream is the online …

LONDON/BANGKOK/HONG KONG, August 8: MTV Networks and the MTV Europe Foundation, a registered charity in the U.K., have launched MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) across the Asia Pacific, in a bid to raise awareness about human trafficking. The youth-focused …

NEW YORK, August 8: Cartoon Network Enterprises, the global branding and merchandising arm of Cartoon Network, has reached a two-year deal with E.S. Originals for a range of products, including bags, shoes and watches, based on the Emmy Award-winning original …

SINGAPORE/SYDNEY, August 8: BBC Worldwide has acquired three Southern Star TV movies for broadcast on the BBC Entertainment channel in India, Asia and Africa. The titles, Empathy, Sea of Souls and Life Line, were all produced by Carnival Film and …

NEW YORK, August 8: qubo—the multiplatform children’s programming block that currently airs on NBC, ION Television, and Telemundo—has announced its programming line-up for the fall, which will feature the U.S. television debut of the British series Postman Pat. The new …

KNOXVILLE, August 8: Scripps Networks has extended the reach of its Food Network brand to the Middle East by teaming with the Dubai-based Takhayal Entertainment’s Fatafeat TV, the first 24-7, free-to-air food channel in the region. Launched earlier this year, …