World Screen

CANNES, April 17: Leading interactive entertainment software company Electronic Arts is working with Endemol for Virtual Me, a new digital entertainment concept—intended to bridge the divide between traditional TV and video games—that gives users a new way to participate with …

LOS ANGELES, April 17: Just a few weeks since its launch, Showtime’s The Tudors has been renewed for a second season, as has This American Life. Showtime has ordered a further 10 episodes of the critically acclaimed The Tudors, which …

NEW YORK/KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE, April 17: A&E Television Networks has formed a joint venture with Malaysia’s Astro All Asia Networks to roll out branded channels and services across Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The venture, AETN All Asia Networks, will …

LONDON, April 17: European digital film distributor Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has reached a deal to bring content from Twentieth Century Fox to its Vizumi Network on both download-to-rent and download-to-own bases. New release titles available for download to own …

CANNES, April 17: At MIPTV today, the BBC, BBC Worldwide and Bob Geldof announced plans for the Dictionary of Man, a multiplatform initiative intended to record every human society on the planet. The project will use every available medium to …

PRINCETON, April 17: SES Americom has entered into deals with Comcast Networks, Fox Cable Networks, NBC Universal, Showtime Networks and Turner Broadcasting System for its soon-to-be-launched IPTV platform IP-PRIME, which now features more than 350 channels. Currently providing beta trial …

NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA, April 17: Comcast has entered into a distribution and content provision deal with News Corporation and NBC Universal for their recently announced online video venture. Comcast.net and Fancast.com have been added to the slate of distribution partners for …

CANNES, April 17: In his keynote speech at MIPTV, entitled “Capturing Digital Opportunities: Traditional Media Strikes Back,” Gerhard Zeiler, the CEO of the RTL Group, emphasized the importance for traditional media companies to embrace the digital future. Zeiler laid out …

CANNES, April 16: Amberwood Entertainment has partnered with Xenophile Media to create an interactive web experience for its new property RollBots. In making the announcement, Jonathan Wiseman, the VP of sales and acquisitions at Amberwood, said: “We are ecstatic to …

SANTA BARBARA/TORONTO/LONDON, April 16: Santa Barbara-based Foothill Entertainment has reached a co-development deal with Toronto’s Kaleidoscope Entertainment and the U.K.’s Phew!! Ltd. for the environmental-themed CGI animated series Snapper. Created by Phew founders Guy Hallifax, Ian Ellery and Mick Wells, …