World Screen

NEW YORK, February 7: Animation Collective has appointed Picture Box Distribution and Small Screen Distribution to represent its series Ellen’s Acres, which has been acquired by Cartoon Network in the U.S. and the U.K. Ellen’s Acres is an adventure comedy …

BUENOS AIRES, February 7: Dori Media Group has licensed the format rights to its hit novela Sos mi vida to Televisa in Mexico. Dori has already licensed the completed Argentine version of the show to more than 35 markets. The …

LONDON/NEWBURY, February 7: Fox Interactive Media’s lifestyle portal MySpace.com has partnered with Vodafone for the launch of MySpace Mobile, which will initially be offered to millions of Vodafone customers in the U.K. Vodafone customers in the U.K. will now be …

JACKSON, February 7: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and the Barksdale Reading Institute have agreed to provide new funding for the PBS KIDS' series Between the Lions, part of the Ready To Learn reading initiative. Under the agreement, CPB …

BOSTON/LONDON, February 7: APT Worldwide has licensed the South African, Scandinavian and Middle Eastern basic and pay cable and satellite rights for two seasons of New Scandinavian Cooking to BBC Worldwide for broadcast on BBC Food. Produced by Tellus Works, …

BASKING RIDGE/NEW YORK, February 7: LIME, the multiplatform brand dedicated to healthy lifestyles, has expanded into the mobile space, launching its LIME: Healthy Living With A Twist broadband channel on Verizon Wireless’s V CAST video platform. Verizon Wireless V CAST …

BURBANK, February 7: NBC Universal Television Group has entered into a new creative arrangement with Ben Silverman with a two-year deal that allows NBC and NBC Universal’s cable networks a first-look on all scripted and unscripted projects from Reveille. Besides …

FLORENCE, February 7: Cartoons on the Bay—The International Festival on Television Animation is moving from Positano to Salerno, Italy, for its 11th edition, taking place April 19 to 22. The competition, organized by Rai Trade, introduces a new Pulcinella Award …

NEW YORK, February 7: Nickelodeon’s new mockumentary series The Naked Brothers Band reached a total of 4.7 million viewers on February 3, making it the network’s highest-rated series premiere with kids 6-11 since the launch of Caitlin’s Way in 2000. …

PALO ALTO, February 7: Facebook, a California-based social networking site, and Comcast Interactive Media’s Ziddio.com, a multiplatform user-generated video site, have partnered to allow Facebook users to create and share user-generated videos and possibly be a part of a new …