World Screen

NEW YORK, June 6: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) and @radical.media, announced a first-look development deal and alliance, which will enable the worldwide distribution of traditional and non-traditional content across all platforms. The arrangement, which takes effect immediately, is expected to bring …

NEW YORK, June 6: Total advertising expenditures in the first quarter of 2007 decreased by 0.3 percent to $34.93 billion as compared to the same period in 2006, according to TNS Media Intelligence. “After a sluggish January, the pace of …

LOS ANGELES/UNTERFOEHRING, June 6: Rüdiger Böss, the head of program acquisitions at ProSiebenSat.1 Media gives World Screen Newsflash his perspective on the new crop of pilots he screened in Los Angeles. After watching the new shows presented by the studios …

NEW YORK, June 6: Steamboat Ventures, a venture-capital firm established on behalf of The Walt Disney Company, has invested in three Chinese start-up companies that have a strong presence in Internet broadcasting, including the country’s largest Web TV operator UUSee, …

NEW YORK, June 6: Recognizing the Internet as a growing destination for video entertainment, NBC Universal has announced that it will allow personal websites to post snippets of video from NBC programs. NBC Universal will enable viral distribution of its …

HONG KONG, June 5: Daniel Shum has been appointed the VP of consumer strategy and research for Disney Channel Asia Pacific. Based in Hong Kong, Shum will direct all brand and consumer research studies in the region and help define …

TORONTO, June 5: Sullivan Entertainment has picked up the worldwide distribution rights for the new award-winning film Love is Work, which will be released theatrically in Canada this week. From filmmaker Johnny Kalangis, Love is Work stars Fabrizio Filippo (Billable …

NEW YORK, June 5: HBO and NBC came out on top at the 66th annual Peabody Awards yesterday night, with HBO capturing five awards and NBC picking up four. NBC garnered awards for The Office, Scrubs and Friday Night Lights …

SYDNEY, June 5: Following a successful market at MIPTV in April, Beyond Distribution has concluded a raft of new sales throughout Europe and Asia and for its factual entertainment catalogue. Spin Music in the U.K. licensed 12 episodes from the …

NEW YORK, June 5: United Nations (UN) deputy secretary-general Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro, and Bindi Irwin, daughter of Crocodile Hunter star Steve Irwin, celebrated the launch of the new Discovery Kids Channel series, Bindi: The Jungle Girl at the UN headquarters …