World Screen

MIAMI, May 25: Next summer, the U.S. Spanish-language network Telemundo will premiere Idolos de Juventud, a commercial-free prime-time telenovela. First introduced at Telemundo's Upfront presentation in Radio City Music Hall on May 15, the novela will feature branded entertainment woven …

LONDON, May 25: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has reached an exclusive first-look deal with Los Angeles-based writer, director and producer David Leaf that covers television, DVD and ancillary rights worldwide, excluding North America, on non-fiction productions from his newly-formed company. Under …

LOS ANGELES/PARIS, May 25: On June 20, DISCOP will celebrate 15 years of encouraging the growth of the Central and Eastern European TV business with an opening night gala dinner in Budapest that will feature Michael Garin, the CEO of …

MILAN, May 25: Disney-ABC International Television has reached a deal to offer a selection of movies from Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures and Miramax Films on an on-demand basis on Alice Home TV, Telecom Italia’s TV via ADSL service. Under …

BERNE, May 25: Switzerland’s leading telco, Swisscom, has acquired a 35-percent stake in Transmedia, the Geneva-based video-on-demand specialist that operates the i-concerts channel. The deal follows Swisscom’s launch of Bluewin TV, an IPTV platform that offers up more than 100 …

BRUSSELS, May 25: The European Commission’s new version of the TV Without Frontiers directive has been approved, lifting restrictions on product placement. The directive is expected to be put in place by year-end, the European Commission said. It covers all …

UNIVERSAL CITY, May 25: As part of General Electric’s “ecomagination” initiative, NBC Universal has unveiled “Get on Board,” a new company-wide program to improve the environmental impact of its operations by reducing greenhouse gases, raising awareness about green issues, and …

LONDON, May 24: Discovery U.K. has promoted Keith Underwood from head of U.K. strategy to the newly created role of VP commercial controller for Discovery Communications Europe U.K., reporting directly to Dan Brooke, Discovery U.K.’s general manager. In his new …

LONDON, May 24: In an exclusive deal with the Miss World Organization and Zeal Television, Challenge, the Virgin Media-owned game show entertainment channel, will bring the first-ever broadcast of the two-hour final of the Mr World event to U.K. television …

HARRINGTON PARK, May 24: Janson Media is offering up Grace Kelly: The American Princess on DVD as part of its Hollywood Collection, an award-winning archive of 34 movie star biographies and retrospectives produced by Wombat Productions between 1985 and 1999. …