World Screen

MUNICH/LONDON, December 22: TV-Loonland’s Little Princess has been licensed into France, following its strong performance on the Milkshake! block on Five in the U.K. The preschool series has secured a terrestrial slot on France 5 as well as a cable …

LOS ANGELES, December 22: Twentieth Century Fox has opened up its archives and donated more than 200 rare documents, including signed contracts and internal memos, to be sold at auction to benefit the Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF). MPTF …

LONGWOOD, December 22: Robert E. Yde, a television syndication industry veteran, passed away earlier this week after a long battle with cancer. He was 71. Yde and his wife, Cassie Yde, ran The Television Syndication Company, a Florida-based TV program …

BRUSSELS, December 22: The European Commission has ruled that the Swedish state-owned terrestrial network operator Teracom did not receive illegal subsidies in building its DTT platform. The EC began investigating Teracom in 2004 after receiving complaints that it had received …

ENGLEWOOD, December 22: Liberty Media has agreed to swap its 16.3-percent stake in News Corporation for News Corp.’s 38.5-percent interest in the DIRECTV Group as well as regional sports networks in Denver, Pittsburgh, and Seattle and $550 million in cash. …

World Screen Weekly, December 21, 2006 CEO Entertainment Rights What do Basil Brush, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Postman Pat, Casper, Lassie, Rupert Bear and George of the Jungle all have in common? They will all live as one big happy …

World Screen Weekly, December 21, 2006 COUNTRY: India LAUNCH DATE: 1991 OWNERSHIP: STAR, News Corporation’s Asian arm NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS: 68 million DISTRIBUTION: STAR Plus is available on cable and satellite platforms across India. It is also carried on select …

LOS ANGELES, December 21: Fox Sports International (FSI) has upped Edward Derse to VP of interactive media, reporting to David Sternberg, the EVP and general manager of FSI. Derse assumes responsibility for the general management and operations of FSI’s interactive …

NEW YORK, December 21: Logo, MTV Networks’ TV and broadband channel for gay and lesbian audiences, has launched a range of mobile content on the Sprint Vision and Power Vision networks. Logo’s mobile programming is updated daily. It includes news, …

SEOUL/TOKYO, December 21: The distribution arm of Korean terrestrial KBS has inked deals in Japan on two if its titles, VJ Commando Squad and Full House, with NHK and NTV respectively. KBS-Japan, responsible for sales to the Japanese market, has …