World Screen

LONDON, March 1: BSkyB’s five basic channels were pulled from Virgin Media last night after the two companies were unable to come to an agreement on the terms of a new carriage deal. As a result, Virgin Media’s 3 million …

LOS ANGELES, March 1: Fox Broadcasting Company today announced plans to make several of its prime-time series available on a download-to-own and free streaming basis on its affiliates’ websites, expanding the Fox on Demand platform to more than 200 stations. …

NEW YORK, March 1: Viacom today reported a 271 percent increase in its fourth-quarter profit to $480.8 million, thanks in part to the addition of DreamWorks, which Viacom acquired last year. Revenues for the quarter rose 32 percent to $3.6 …

VANCOUVER, February 28: Canadian animation company Studio B Productions has named Anthony Jiwa as its new director of marketing and Kirsten Newlands as head of production. Prior to joining Studio B, Jiwa was director of marketing at VIZ Media where …

NEW YORK, February 28: Cartoon Network’s late-night Adult Swim block has acquired the new half-hour anime series Blood + for premiere on March 10 at 12:30 a.m. Blood +, produced by Aniplex, Inc. in association with Sony Pictures Television, is …

LONDON, February 28: BabyTV has secured a deal with El Mundo’s free DTT channel EM2 in Spain for the launch of a daily one-hour branded block on March 1, as well as the rollout of DVDs and a new promotional …

LOS ANGELES, February 28: Cookie Jar Entertainment’s animated series Johnny Test will return to Kids’ WB! on The CW for a third season consisting of 13 additional episodes. The new episodes of the series are being produced for the network’s …

BRIGHTON, February 28: Australia’s Network Ten has acquired BBC Worldwide’s 13×50-minute drama Torchwood, and has committed to the second season that is currently in production. Torchwood is about an international team of investigators led by Captain Jack Harkness, an American …

SYDNEY, February 28: Disney Channel Australia has commissioned a new original comedy series As the Bell Rings, which will premiere in Australia and New Zealand later this year. Disney Channel has commissioned FremantleMedia to produce the pilot of the show, …

LONDON, February 28: The music VOD service i-concerts has secured a U.K. distribution deal making its programming available on the upcoming global broadband content platform Joost. Joost will feature approximately 20 hours of i-concerts programming that will be refreshed regularly. …