World Screen

LONDON, February 15: Outright Distribution, formerly Screentime Partners, has secured a number of new and returning commissions for local versions of its formats in Russia and the Ukraine, for a total of 400 hours. Russia’s music and entertainment channel Muz …

BANFF, February 15: The Banff World Television Festival (BWTVF) has joined forces with NHK to offer up a C$20,000 NHK Prize for the best HD international co-production. The winner will be announced at the 2007 Banff World Television Awards ceremony …

KUALA LUMPUR, February 15: ESPN STAR Sports is working with the Malaysian Ministry of Youth and Sport (KBS) for a local version of SportsCenter, to be broadcast live beginning this April. The Malaysian SportsCenter will be produced and presented locally, …

STOCKHOLM, February 15: Zodiak Television’s fourth quarter revenues rose 36 percent to SEK177.6 million, and full-year revenues were up 18 percent to SEK568.1 million. Despite the revenue gains, however, the company’s Q4 profit halved from SEK11.4 million to SEK6.4 million, …

BASKING RIDGE, February 15: Verizon Wireless has announced a raft of new content deals for its V CAST mobile service, including one for JT-TV, featuring content with music star Justin Timberlake. JT-TV will roll out four "channels" in 2007: Fashion, …

LONDON, February 15: Virgin Media is undercutting BSkyB with its new sports package, delivering Sky Sports 1, 2, 3 and Xtra, along with 39 other digital channels, including E4, CBeebies and ITV2, for a total monthly subscription of £26 ($51). …

TORONTO, February 15: Bell Canada has launched a new service delivering full-length pay-per-view movies to its subscribers with video-capable phones, including titles from Buena Vista International Television and Sony Pictures Television International. “It’s a Canadian first and we’re happy to …

PARIS, February 15: MIPDOC has selected eight documentary filmmakers for the second edition of International Trailblazers, an initiative to recognize achievements in the factual genre. The 2007 International Trailblazers' are Marshall Curry from the U.S., Larry Weinstein from Canada, Paolo …

AUSTIN, February 15: A judge has dismissed the lawsuit filed against MySpace by the family of a teenage girl who says she was sexually assaulted by a 19-year-old man she met on the site, according to reports. Last month, four …

NEW YORK, February 15: Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who last year went on a mission to break up Time Warner in order to up its share price, sold stock in the media company worth about $880 million in the fourth …