World Screen

LOS ANGELES, October 25: MarVista Entertainment is coming to the AFM with 15 movies, headlined by The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang, the acquisition of which marks the company’s move into theatrical features. Screening for the first time for international buyers at …

NEW YORK, October 25: Scholastic Media is launching a licensing and merchandising program for Dragon, the animated series based on the books by Dav Pilkey that launched on the qubo block in the U.S. in September. The preschool series airs …

HONG KONG, October 25: At CASBAA today, E! Networks announced mobile deals with Foxtel by Mobile and Vodafone in Australia, joining the company’s other wireless partners in the region, including Telecom New Zealand, 3 Australia and StarHub Singapore. E!’s managing …

SYDNEY, October 25: Network Ten’s new drama series Tripping Over will be available for online download following its television broadcast on the BigPond Movies site. Launched today, the six-episode series will be available as an ad-free download on bigpond.com. Each …

HONG KONG, October 25: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia has launched the CASBAA Mobile Group, consisting of several of the organization’s members, including Turner Broadcasting, STAR and Nokia, that will work to further the development of mobile …

MOSCOW, October 25: Rambler Media, whose core business is the provision of online and mobile content services to Russian speakers worldwide, is selling off its television station to Osgora Productions, a subsidiary of the Russian outfit Prof-Media. Rambler TV is …

OVERLAND PARK, October 25: U.S. mobile carrier Sprint has launched Sprint Power View, a made-for-mobile sports and entertainment video programming network, offering up news, features and original programming at no additional charge. Content will be refreshed several times per day, …

NEW YORK, October 25: Bravo today announced the pickup of Top Hair, an eight-episode series from Reveille that sets out to find the next great hairstylist, with the winner taking home $100,000. Previously in development as Heads Up, the tentatively …

MARINA DEL REY, October 25: Lionsgate has joined Universal Studios Home Entertainment in CinemaNow’s “day and date” burn-to-DVD service, allowing consumers to download features to their PCs and burn them to DVD on the same day as their retail release. …

LOS ANGELES, October 25: Marvel Entertainment’s Marvel Studios division is working with the Vancouver-based No Equal Entertainment to develop a television series based on the comic book character Moon Knight. First introduced by Marvel Comics in the mid-1970s, Moon Knight …