World Screen

MIAMI, October 17: U.S. Hispanic broadcaster Telemundo has launched a new division within its existing Digital Media Group to exploit its content on platforms that can be easily accessed by consumers, including DVDs, books and CDs. The first products slated …

PALO ALTO, October 17: The online content company Instant Media has announced a deal to offer film and television content from Twentieth Century Fox through its broadband I'M player. The deal covers films such as X-Men The Last Stand, The …

BURBANK, October 17: NBC’s version of the Endemol game show format 1 vs 100 delivered the network’s highest Friday 9 p.m. rating in the 18 to 49 set, excluding the Olympics, since December 2002. The show, hosted by Bob Saget, …

MUNICH, October 17: RTL Television will launch its three new digital channels in Germany on December 1: RTL Crime, RTL Living and the newly unveiled Passion, a joint venture with UFA Film und TV Produktion that will feature daily serials …

STOCKHOLM, October 17: Sweden’s Minister of Culture, Cecilia Stego Chilo, resigned yesterday after admitting that she had not paid the mandatory television license fee for 16 years. The move by Chilo follows the weekend resignation of trade minister Maria Borelius …

BEIJING, October 17: MTV Networks has entered into an alliance with leading Chinese search engine Baidu.com that grants the country’s 123 million Internet users access to 15,000 hours of MTV and Nickelodeon content as well as music videos from five …

October 2006 By Anna Carugati Steven Spielberg is arguably Hollywood’s best-known director and producer and certainly its most commercially successful filmmaker. Who hasn’t been touched or thrilled by any one of his movies? The list is endless: Jaws, Close Encounters …

LONDON, October 16: Zonemedia's Zone Mobile has entered into an agreement with the production company Pure Grass to create the mobile horror series When Evil Calls. The mobile show will launch on British mobile network O2 on October 23. It …

CHICAGO, October 16: Star Farm Productions’ Edgar & Ellen series and specials have been acquired by Nickelodeon channels in nine markets, including France and Italy. The entire 26-episode series and six holiday specials have been acquired by Nickelodeon channels in …

LONDON, October 16: 3DD Entertainment has secured a variety of new deals on London Live, which is currently in production on a second season for Channel 4 and E4. iNHD2 in the U.S., which has already fared well with season …