World Screen

TOKYO, July 26: At Sony Corporation, profit for the first quarter doubled to $540 million, on revenues of $16.1 billion, a 13.3 percent rise on Q1 2006, driven in part by strong sales of the company’s digital cameras, as well …

ATLANTA, July 25: James Anderson has been promoted to senior VP of public relations for Turner Broadcasting’s Animation, Young Adults and Kids Media group, after serving as the VP of public relations for Cartoon Network. Anderson will now be responsible …

NEW YORK, July 25: Atlanta-based restaurant chain Chick-fil-A and HIT Entertainment have announced an agreement to begin a promotional campaign for Bob the Builder. Under the agreement, Chick-fil-A will begin offering today one of five different Bob the Builder board …

CAPE TOWN/MIRAMICHI CITY, July 25: Strika Entertainment of Cape Town, South Africa, has signed a deal with the Canadian animation outfit Fatkat to produce a soccer-themed animated series based on a popular comic book. Supa Strikas is centered on Shakes, …

TORONTO, July 25: Shaftesbury Films has sold the half-hour live-action kids’ series Life with Derek to broadcasters in Portugal, Netherlands and Norway. Life with Derek will air on Disney Channel in Portugal, Zapp/Zappelin in the Netherlands and NRK 3 in …

BRISTOL, July 25: Aardman Animations and the British digital agency Enable Interactive have teamed up for the design and development of WebbliWorld, a new online portal for children. Located at www.webbliworld.com, the portal is designed to provide children with a …

SAN FRANCISCO, July 25: Ubisoft will develop and publish a video game based on Twentieth Century Fox's Avatar, the upcoming feature film written and directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker James Cameron. The game is expected to be released in conjunction …

BEIJING, July 25: The Swedish production company Bringiton is developing a new shopping-based game show for the Mandarin-language channel China Entertainment Television (CETV), marking the broadcaster’s first acquisition of a title from a Western European firm. Launched in 2001, the …

LONDON, July 25: BabyTV, targeted at infants and toddlers under the age of 3, will launch its 24-hour commercial-free channel in Canada on Personal TV from Rogers. The 24-hour service was recently approved by Canada’s CRTC regulatory body for distribution …

LONDON, July 25: Granada International has secured the worldwide distribution rights to the one-hour documentary David Beckham: New Beginnings, which tracks the British football player’s recent move to Los Angeles. Produced by Simon Fuller’s 19 TV, the documentary follows Beckham …