World Screen

NEW YORK, January 4: Blue’s Room, the live-action spin-off of Nick Jr.’s long-running series Blue’s Clues, is slated for a multiplatform launch on January 24, offering its preschool viewers an “interactive play date.” The 10-episode half-hour Blue’s Room takes preschoolers …

NEW YORK, January 4: The N has launched its mobile service on the Sprint Vision and Power Vision networks, marking the teen network’s first presence on a wireless platform. “Teens are increasingly on the go and some of the heaviest …

SANTA MONICA, January 4: Gordon Ramsay, the hot-tempered star chef from FOX’s Hell’s Kitchen, will be featured in another reality series for the network, Kitchen Nightmares, from Granada America. In the show, Ramsay hits the road in an attempt to …

LONDON, January 4: The first stage of a management buyout at Celador Productions, led by managing director Danielle Lux, is now complete. The management team sharing ownership of the company alongside Lux are Heather Hampson, director of production, and Murray …

BURBANK, January 4: Netflix and NBC and partnering again to offer the online movie rental company’s subscribers a specially produced DVD that will include the first full episode of the highly anticipated new NBC drama The Black Donnellys from Academy …

LOS ANGELES, January 4: FOX is pulling the plug on the Warner Bros. Television youth-skewing drama The O.C., currently in its fourth season, with the finale slated to air February 22. “This feels like the best time to bring the …

LOS ANGELES, January 4: Fox Sports International has renewed its partnership with the English Football Association Premier League, extending Fox Soccer Channel’s exclusive U.S. broadcast rights to the Barclays English Premier League through the 2009/2010 season. As part of this …

SÃO PAULO, January 4: According to wire reports, a Brazilian court has ordered YouTube to cease operations until it removes a celebrity sex video involving model Daniela Cicarelli, the ex-wife of soccer star Ronaldo. Cicarelli filed suit against the Google-owned …

LOS ANGELES, January 4: Comedy Central’s RENO 911! and Chappelle's Show will be the first programs to be syndicated by MGM under the studio’s new strategic relationship with New Line. Both series are available for syndication for fall of 2007, …

LOS ANGELES/BUENOS AIRES, January 4: Fox International Channels has partnered with Ernesto Sandler, the founder of the cable channel Utilísima, for a new company dedicated to the production of Spanish-language content. As part of the alliance, Sandler will serve as …