World Screen

MONTREAL, November 2: Spectra Animation’s Toopy and Binoo has been licensed to Lagardère Active for broadcast on TiJi in France. In France, TiJi has an 8.1-percent audience share and reaches 3.4 million homes. Toopy and Binoo airs daily at 8:50 …

LONDON, November 2: Zonemedia's Zone Mobile has entered into a deal for Amp’d Mobile in the U.S. to exclusively carry its mobile horror series When Evil Calls. The 20×2-minute series was written and directed by Johannes Roberts (Forest of the …

AUGSBURG, November 2: Orion Cable, owner of the German cable operator ewt, has closed its acquisition of the Tele Columbus group from Unity Media. Not included are the former regional companies of Tele Columbus in Baden-Wuerttemberg and Tele Columbus West, …

LONDON, November 2: Aggregator Limited and MercuryMedia are teaming to develop and launch a new TV-over-broadband service, featuring documentary films, in February 2007. The service, joiningthedots.tv, will launch with more than 200 titles. With the motto “independent films for independent …

TORONTO, November 2: Alliance Atlantis Communications is rebranding its Life Network, which reaches about 6 million Canadian homes, as SLICE in early March, primarily targeting women in their 30s. The channel promises an “unapologetic attitude” to family, fashion, relationships, celebrity, …

EMERYVILLE, November 2: MobiTV today announced the second close of its Series C funding with an additional $30 million investment and two new investors, Adobe Systems Incorporated and Hearst Corporation, bringing the total round to more than $100 million. Additional …

LONDON, November 2: Former WGBH and BBC executive John Willis has been tapped as group creative director at Tinopolis and CEO of its production subsidiary Mentorn. Willis is a former programming director at Channel 4, MD of LWT and United …

LONDON, November 2: Jonathan Webb has been named as the new managing director of Flextech Television, filling a position vacated by Lisa Opie earlier this year. In his new role at Flextech, Webb will report directly to Malcolm Wall, the …

NEW YORK, November 2: Nielsen Media Research and NetRatings have launched the National TV/Internet Fusion database, merging data from television and Internet viewer panels into a single dataset. The service allows television programmers and advertisers to assess the relationship between …

LOS ANGELES, November 2: The classic United Artists film label is being relaunched by Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner in a deal announced today with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The 85-year-old United Artists has been home to such film franchises as Rocky, Pink …