World Screen

CUPERTINO, May 31: Beginning in the middle of June, Apple TV users will be able to stream videos from YouTube directly onto their widescreen television sets. "This is the first time users can easily browse, find and watch YouTube videos …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER, May 31: Lionsgate has reported fiscal 2007 revenues of $976.7 million, up from last year’s $945.4 million, while profit more than quadrupled from $6.1 million to $27.5 million. "We are pleased that our entire diversified portfolio of businesses …

NEW YORK, May 31: Nickelodeon has teamed with Marriot International and the real estate firm Miller Global Properties to launch 20 new branded resorts around the world, beginning in San Diego in 2010. The Nickelodeon Resorts by Marriott line is …

MOSCOW, May 31: Russian president Vladimir Putin has lashed out at local broadcasters, criticizing them for importing “cheap” TV shows instead of focusing on “wholesome” home-grown entertainment. According to a Reuters report, citing the RIA news agency, Putin made the …

LONDON, May 31: A new report by independent market analyst Datamonitor predicts that the number of mobile broadcast TV subscribers will grow from 4.4 million today to an estimated 155.6 million by the end of 2012—a compound annual growth rate …

LONDON, May 30: NBC Universal has named Greg Matson as the senior VP of commercial and network development for global networks, effective immediately. Matson will expand his current responsibilities as the senior VP of network development and distribution to also …

BONITA SPRINGS/LONDON, May 30: In a multi-year deal with Granada International, NCircle Entertainment has been appointed as the exclusive home-entertainment distributor in the U.S. for the award-winning animated children's series Pocoyo. Pocoyo has been sold into more than 100 countries, …

TORONTO, May 30: 9 Story Entertainment has secured a broadcast deal with ABC Kids in Australia for its 2-D digital animated series Best Ed and has also granted the video distribution rights to Australian video and DVD distributor Madman Entertainment. …

NEW YORK, May 30: The online male-skewing brand Heavy will expand its user-generated online talent show, Circus of Awesome, into a full original series that will be featured on its broadband channel. Circus of Awesome was originally created as a …

LOS ANGELES, May 30: Reader's Digest Association is working with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Peace Arch Entertainment on Ace of Hearts, a movie based on a true story published by Reader's Digest in 2002. The film is about …