World Screen

STOCKHOLM, November 22: Strix Television has optioned three programs in the U.S.: My Best Friend, Ruth66 and Paradise Lost. Strix has also licensed My Best Friend to the Spanish broadcaster TV3, and closed a license and an option deal for …

LONDON. November 22: Granada International has picked up the worldwide distribution rights, excluding the U.S., to two new shows from Original Productions, producers of hit series Monster Garage, and Ballroom Bootcamp. The first of the new shows is Resolutionaries. This …

LOS ANGELES, November 22: NBC has ordered three more scripts of the new comedy 30 Rock, created by and starring Tina Fey. NBC had ordered three scripts last month as well, bringing the total order for 30 Rock to six …

LONDON, November 22: All3Media has closed sales on a documentary about the renowned architect Daniel Libeskind. Described as one of the world’s greatest living architects, Libeskind was the original winner of New York’s World Trade Centre rebuild competition for Ground …

PARIS, November 22: In an effort to continue its global expansion, Taffy Entertainment is opening an office in Shanghai. The new office will be headed by Yangsook (Grace) Lee, who will focus on extending the reach of Taffy Entertainment programming …

LONDON, November 22: Junction Ltd, the organizers of IPTV World Forum announced speakers from across the telecoms and broadcast industry for its event which will take place at the Olympia in London between 5th-7th March 2007. A record 110 exhibitors …

TEL AVIV, November 22: Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization, is returning Rechov Sumsum (Sesame Street) to Israeli television after nearly a decade, with 40 new episodes that will premiere on Channel Hop! on December 15. The program’s new season …

NEW YORK, November 22: HBO, the pay-TV service owned by Time Warner, is considering launching a broadband Internet channel that would be available to subscribers of Time Warner Cable. According to the Financial Times, HBO’s CEO Chris Albrecht said that …

LOS ANGELES, November 22: Robert Altman, the American director whose critically acclaimed movies influenced filmmakers everywhere, has died at age 81. Altman was perhaps best known for 1970’s MASH, a black comedy set in the combat theater of the Korean …

NEW YORK, November 22: Walt Disney Company and Comcast have wrapped up deals that encompass placing Disney content on Comcast’s VOD service, carriage of Disney’s channels on Comcast cable systems, and the final sale of E! Networks to Comcast, according …