World Screen

NEW YORK, August 7: The Weinstein Company (TWC) has launched a $285 million fund that will fully finance the development, production, acquisition, marketing and distribution of a large slate of Asian-themed films over the next six years. TWC anticipates producing …

BURBANK, August 7: NBC’s summer hits America’s Got Talent and Last Comic Standing will be returning next year for a third and sixth season respectively. “Both of these innovative series have proven to be summer staples and important franchises for …

HONG KONG, August 7: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the exclusive Hong Kong broadcast rights for the Olympic Games in Vancouver in 2010 and London in 2012 to cable platform i-CABLE Communications. The IOC has also awarded i-CABLE …

CHICAGO, August 7: Playboy Enterprises has emerged from last year’s second-quarter loss of $3.3 million to deliver a profit of $1.9 million on revenues of $85.7 million, up from $80.5 million in the year-ago period. “This quarter's results underscore our …

HILVERSUM, August 7: After making a public offering last month, Edam Acquisition, the Mediaset-led consortium that acquired Telefónica’s 75-percent stake in Endemol, now owns 99.54 percent of the format giant. Edam consists of Mediaset, John De Mol’s Cyrte Investments and …

LONDON, August 7: Virgin Media said today it has extended its strategic review, giving potential buyers of the cable platform more time to submit a bid. The quad-play operator announced last month that it had received a buyout offer. That …

LONDON, August 6: Chellomedia has announced the consolidation of its thematic channel advertising sales business in Central Europe, tapping Marcin Boroszko, currently the managing director of the Warsaw-based At Media, as director of advertising sales for the region. In his …

BELLEVUE, August 6: Pokemon USA has revealed that the new Pokemon Trading Figure Game (TFG) is slated to hit stores in the U.S. on September 19, with the initial line to include more than 40 popular Pokemon characters and Trainer …

AMSTERDAM, August 6: Off the Fence has licensed a range of factual programming to channels in Spain and Portugal, including closing a deal with Spain’s Natura for 15 hours of content. Among the titles in the Natura deal is Island …

HONG KONG, August 6: Granada International has acquired the pan-Asian distribution rights for The May Lee Show, a weekly talk show produced for STAR World. The 13×1-hour series is hosted by May Lee, a Korean American who previously served as …