World Screen

NEW YORK, February 7: Sesame Workshop is partnering with NDR and Ki.Ka in Germany and Five’s preschool block Milkshake! in the U.K. to produce two seasons of The Adventures of Bert and Ernie, a claymation spin on two of Sesame …

LONDON/NEW YORK, February 7: Nickelodeon has partnered with a range of animation producers from around the world to develop five projects that will comprise Nickelodeon’s first-ever international development slate: Hiro, Oasis, Bacon and Bunk, Super Charlie and Super Lauren and …

MIAMI, February 7: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) have reached a deal for SPTI Advertising Sales, Latin America, to handle advertising sales for HBO and Cinemax in Brazil, the only territory where both channels air advertising. Headquartered in Miami, SPTI …

SALT LAKE CITY, February 7: Move Networks, which facilitates the provision of long-form video over the Internet, has received $11.3 million in first-round venture capital funding. This funding round, led by Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, will be used to expand …

ALVISO/SEATTLE, February 7: TiVo has teamed up with Amazon.com for a soon-to-be-launched service that will allow subscribers to rent and purchase movies and television shows from the Amazon Unbox download platform and download them directly to a TiVo box for …

NEW YORK, February 7: CBS Corporation has formed a new division, CBS Mobile, within its CBS Interactive business. The operation is dedicated to building the company's mobile operation across its various properties, including CBS Entertainment, CBS Sports and CBS News. …

LOS ANGELES, February 7: E! Networks has boosted its Eastern European presence with a carriage deal with Poland’s leading DTH platform, Cyfrowy Polsat. E! will launch on the service this month as part of the "Pakiet Familijny” basic package. Launched …

BROOMFIELD/WASHINGTON, February 7: Gaiam has acquired the stake in the company held by Steve Case’s Revolution Living, which in turn has bought Gaiam’s stake in its digital content venture LIME. Gaiam purchased 2.5 million shares of Gaiam common stock held …

SYDNEY, February 7: Mark Scott, the managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), today unveiled a new digital media strategy as well as a restructure of its international broadcasting division and a new commercial arm. Scott announced that ABC’s …

NEW YORK, February 7: V-me, a new Spanish-language network, is slated to launch next month in major Hispanic markets in the U.S. in partnership with public TV stations across the country. V-me (pronounced "veh-meh") is the first venture announced by …