World Screen

ORLANDO, February 15: The Nielsen Company has found “significant differences” in the way viewers use digital video recorders (DVRs), depending on how soon after the original broadcast they watch the show, and what genre of programming they are viewing. The …

TORONTO, February 14: Cookie Jar Entertainment has named Cathy Parks as VP of retail and promotions and Brian Gladman as director of consumer products for Canada. Parks, based in Los Angeles, will report to Kelly Elwood, the senior VP of …

HARRINGTON PARK, February 14: Janson Media is offering Ocean Men: Extreme Dive, a 40-minute documentary about freedivers, on the international market. Ocean Men focuses on the story of two world champion freedivers, Cuban-born Pipin Ferreras and Italian-born Umberto Pelizzari, who …

MINNEAPOLIS, February 14: Navarre Corporation’s FUNimation Entertainment will make some of its top-rated anime series available for immediate purchase and download on Apple’s iTunes Store starting from today. The anime series available for download include: Desert Punk, a stark and …

ROME, February 14: The History Channel has partnered with U.K.-based Slitherine Software and Italian-based Black Bean Games for the worldwide rollout of a new video game, The History Channel Great Battles of Rome, in the second quarter of this year. …

BURBANK, February 14: Disney Channel viewers across the world had their say on certain elements that would appear in the sequel to High School Musical, with a total of 45 million votes cast in the interactive online poll “High School …

NEW YORK, February 14: Defiance Distribution has secured the exclusive international distribution rights to Fuqua Films’ 97-minute documentary on L.A. street gangs, Bastards of the Party, which premiered on HBO in the U.S. this month. Defiance will handle television, video, …

LOS ANGELES, February 14: RichCrest Animation, the U.S.-based production arm of the Indian CGI animation outfit Crest Animation Studios, is changing its name and expanding its business to become a full-service animation studio specializing in the development and production of …

NEW YORK, February 14: CCI Entertainment is teaming with SEVEN24 Films (formerly Alberta Filmworks) to develop, produce and distribute new children’s television series and family movies over the next three years. The two companies previously collaborated on 15 episodes of …

SANTA MONICA, February 14: Boosted by the success of its late-night Participation TV show Playmania, GSN has launched a programming block of the same name that will now incorporate two separate live interactive shows. The new Playmania programming block will …