World Screen

CANNES, October 11: RHI Entertainment has received the greenlight to produce at least 12 TV movies and three mini-series for a 2007 delivery to the Hallmark Channel in the U.S. The first three are already in production. They are Claire, …

CANNES, October 11: AXN Japan has picked up the rights to seasons four and five of The Amazing Race, bringing Buena Vista International Television’s hit CBS reality show to the Japanese market for the first time. The show is scheduled …

CANNES/LONDON, October 11: Sundance Channel has come on board for the new music series Live from Abbey Road in a deal with Fremantle International Distribution, which has also inked a slate of deals on its new teen-skewing drama series Falcon …

LONDON, October 11: BBC director-general Mark Thompson has declared that “realistic funding” through a new, long-term license fee settlement is essential if the BBC is to fulfill the Government's goal for the digital switchover laid down in the broadcaster’s new …

HONG KONG/SEOUL, October 11: Korea’s KBS World channel has reached a carriage deal with pay-TV operator Hong Kong Cable TV, adding to its Asian footprint that currently includes Japan, Thailand, the Philippines and Singapore. KBS World, the international channel operated …

SYDNEY, October 11: Telstra’s BigPond Movies broadband platform has entered into an agreement that allows it to provide its subscribers with a range of on-demand programming from BBC Worldwide. As of this week, the deal gives Telstra broadband subscribers access …

MILAN, October 11: News Corp.-owned SKY Italia has reached an agreement with telecommunications company Fastweb to distribute TV programming over the Internet, according to the Associated Press. The deal calls for video content from SKY to be available over Fastweb’s …

NEW YORK/LONDON, October 11: Time Warner will sell its AOL Internet business in the U.K. for $688 million to mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse Group, according to reports. Carphone operates the MViva mobile Internet portal. The deal gives the company …

CANNES/LONDON, October 11: MTV Networks International is offering its new HIV/AIDS documentary Staying Alive—48fest to TV, online and mobile platforms worldwide cost- and rights-free. The half-hour special will premiere across MTV’s global network of television channels on December 1, World …

CANNES, October 11: The feature films Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest and Hollywoodland, among others, will be added to Telefonica’s video on-demand service, through a deal with Buena Vista International Television (BVITV). Viewers will be able to access …