World Screen

LONDON, March 29: Howard Litton has been promoted to senior VP and managing director of Nickelodeon UK from his previous role as senior VP, general manager and director of channels. Litton will be responsible for all of Nickelodeon UK’s operations, …

NEW YORK/LONDON, March 29: The History Channel has launched a direct-to-consumer mobile service in the U.K., delivering the network’s content to viewers via WAP for the first time, with localized versions of the channel’s mobile service rolling out in Europe, …

MUNICH, March 29: SevenOne International has sold the format to ProSieben’s hit game show Beat Your Host! to the U.K., Sweden and Finland, in a deal with Zodiak Television. Zodiak will produce the show using its own local production companies: …

LONDON, March 29: Virgin Media Television-owned entertainment channel LIVING has reached a new agreement with Buena Vista International Television (BVITV) for the exclusive U.K. rights to two U.S. dramas, the supernatural drama Ghost Whisperer and the procedural drama Criminal Minds. …

LONDON, March 29: The Japanese video-on-demand company Gakken Index has secured the broadband VOD rights to more than 400 hours of Granada International programming and will supply that content, branded Granada Broadband, to all major IPTV services in Japan. Titles …

SANTA MONICA, March 29: GSN, the network for games, has ordered 40 half-hour episodes of Camouflage, a new hidden word puzzle and trivia game show, from Disney's Buena Vista Productions. Camouflage marks the first collaboration between Buena Vista Productions and …

UNTERFOEHRING/LONDON, March 29: As part of a far-reaching reciprocal distribution arrangement, EM.Entertainment and Sparrowhawk Distribution have agreed to pool their distribution capabilities and their extensive children’s, youth and family catalogues. A combined distribution team helmed by John Morris, the MD …

NEW YORK, March 29: Bolstering its “Characters Welcome” brand, USA Network has announced a new development slate for the 2007/2008 season, including five new pilot scripts. USA Network’s upcoming slate includes The Negotiator (working title), featuring a crisis negotiator for …

BUENOS AIRES, March 29: Just a few months after being launched as a three-hour block on Fox Life Channel, in Latin America, Fox Latin American Channels will launch Baby TV, the first 24-hour commercial-free channel designed for infants and toddlers …

NEW YORK/BURBANK, March 29: NBC has renewed its agreement with Donald J. Trump and the Miss Universe Organization to broadcast the Miss Universe and Miss USA competitions for three more years, beginning in 2008. As part of the deal, Telemundo …