World Screen

LOS ANGELES, April 9: Endemol USA has inked a first-look deal to produce original content for Break.com, an online entertainment channel for men that has a user base of about 16 million. This marks the first time that Endemol USA …

TORONTO, April 9: CTVglobemedia has reached a deal to offload several channels from CHUM—which it is in the process of acquiring—including SexTV and the A-Channel local stations, to Rogers Media for C$137.5 million ($119.4 million) in cash. The deal covers …

CUPERTINO, April 9: Apple has sold its 100 millionth iPod, it was announced today, five and a half years since the device hit the market. Launched in November 2001, the iPod is now the fastest-selling music player in history, Apple …

TV Kids Weekly, April 3, 2007 ORIGIN: The series is based on an original idea by Bob Boyle. CREATOR: Bob Boyle; the series is produced by Bolder Media, Inc. and Starz Media, LLC. TV SHOW: Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! entertains both …

TV Kids Weekly, March 27, 2007 ORIGIN: Based on an original idea CREATOR: Iginio Straffi, the CEO of the Italian animation house Rainbow TV SHOW: Winx Club is an animated series made up of 78 24-minute episodes. Targeted at children …

TV Kids Weekly, March 20, 2007 ORIGIN: Life with Derek is an original series created by Daphne Ballon. She drew from her experience growing up as the eldest child in a family of five kids as well as from her …

TV Kids Weekly, March 6, 2007 ORIGIN: The series is based on an original idea. CREATORS: Emilio Gallego and Jesús Gallego TV SHOW: Shuriken School is a comedy/action animated series produced in digital 2-D and consisting of 26 half hours. …

TV Kids Weekly, February 27, 2007 ORIGIN: The animated series Frog & Friends is based on the award-winning Frog books by Max Velthuijs, which have millions of readers in more than 40 countries worldwide. CREATORS: Author: Max Velthuijs; Head Scriptwriter: …

LONDON/HONG KONG, April 6: BBC Worldwide has appointed Maggie Wong as the senior publishing and licensing manager for Asia, replacing Freda Chan who has relocated to the U.S. In her new role, based in Hong Kong, Wong will be responsible …

BONITA SPRINGS/MONTREAL, April 6: In an exclusive multi-year DVD and digital format distribution deal, NCircle Entertainment has secured the general market home entertainment rights for the U.S. to existing episodes of the children’s series Mighty Machines from the Quebec-based Seville …