World Screen

DALLAS, August 1: Mark Cuban’s HDNet has acquired the high-definition rights to the first 26 episodes of the BBC’s science-fiction series Torchwood. Set in Cardiff, Wales, Torchwood focuses on a renegade group of investigators who scavenge alien technology to solve …

SINGAPORE, August 1: Following the recent launch of its Football Channel, dedicated to Barclays English Premier League programming, StarHub will add two more offerings—Goal TV and Goal TV 2—to its digital cable TV Sports Group package, bringing the total number …

BASKING RIDGE/ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, August 1: NBC Universal (NBCU) has reached a deal to make a range of short-form video content from its suite of channels available on demand through Verizon Wireless’ mobile V CAST service. V CAST customers with select …

TOKYO/SINGAPORE/HONG KONG, August 1: Viacom International Japan has launched myMTV, the first mobile entertainment social networking service in Japan, which will be free of charge to consumers and available on three mobile operators: NTT DoCoMo, KDDI and Softbank Mobile. The …

PARIS, August 1: A variety of movies from Disney-ABC International Television are now available on CANAL+ Group’s VOD platform CanalPlay, including recent releases like Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and 170 library titles. The contract began in July …

LONDON, August 1: Roma Khanna, previously with Canada’s CHUM Television, has been named the president of global networks and digital initiatives at NBC Universal International, based in London. Reporting to Peter Smith, the president of NBC Universal International, Khanna will …

SILVER SPRING, August 1: As part of its global, multiplatform, environmentally friendly initiative Planet Green, Discovery Communications has acquired the eco-lifestyle website TreeHugger.com. TreeHugger.com was founded in 2004 by Graham Hill with the mission of bringing green living to the …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER/MONTREAL, August 1: Lionsgate has secured a four-year, $400 million filmed entertainment slate financing agreement with Societe generale de financement du Quebec (SGF), the provincial government’s investment arm, for the production of television series and feature films in Quebec. …

CARACAS, August 1: Venezuelan network RCTV, which launched on cable after its free-TV license was not renewed, may be yanked off the air again if it doesn’t register as a “national producer,” a position that would require it to carry …

BOULOGNE, August 1: For the first half of this year, TF1’s revenues grew 3.2 percent to 1.4 billion euros, delivering a net profit of 185.7 million euros, an 8.3 percent gain on the same period last year. French broadcasting revenues …