World Screen

LOS ANGELES, May 23: Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific), has renewed a multi-year, multi-genre volume agreement with ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation’s youth-targeted terrestrial channel Studio 23 in the Philippines. Under this agreement, Studio 23 has licensed an extensive range of programming …

TORONTO, May 23: Coverage of the National Football League (NFL) in Canada is moving from CanWest MediaWorks to CTV as part of a three-year deal that also includes exclusive rights to the Super Bowl. CTV has secured the exclusive Canadian …

LONDON, May 23: In a deal with CBS Paramount International Television, Five has acquired the exclusive terrestrial and digital rights to Californication, a new comedic drama series for Showtime starring David Duchovny. Five has not announced a broadcast date for …

TORONTO, May 23: CanWest MediaWorks has acquired 15 new U.S. dramas and comedies for Global Television’s 2007-2008 schedule, including NBC Universal International Television Distribution’s Bionic Woman and CBS Paramount International Television’s Cane. CanWest’s other acquisitions include Twentieth Century Fox Television …

NEW YORK, May 23: CBS Corporation’s CBS Interactive division has acquired Wallstrip, an online property that produces and syndicates a daily online show focused on financial news. The Wallstrip team will work with CBS Interactive to build original web and …

BOULOGNE, May 23: Market-leading French broadcaster TF1 has announced first-quarter revenues of 88.5 million euros, an 18.8 percent gain on the year-ago period. Revenues were up by 7.3 percent to 702.3 million euros, with ad revenues up 6.1 percent to …

ATLANTA, May 22: Rico Hill, previously with Nickelodeon, has been named the VP of programming and acquisitions for Cartoon Network and its sister channel Boomerang, reporting directly to Bob Higgins, the senior VP of programming and development for Cartoon Network …

SINGAPORE, May 22: AETN All Asia Networks (AAAN), the recently launched joint venture of A&E Television Networks and ASTRO All Asia Networks, has named Louis Boswell as general manager, and has also appointed Michele Schofield as the director of content …

NEW YORK, May 22: Animators are being encouraged to submit entries to the Nicktoons Network Animation Festival—which is offering up a $10,000 prize—before the deadline on June 1. The festival, now in its fourth year, celebrates the art of the …

LOS ANGELES, May 22: MGM Domestic Television Distribution has secured a national fall syndication launch for its half-hour improv comedy series Sports Action Team, which has cleared all ten NBC-owned and operating stations in the U.S. The ten NBC-owned and …