World Screen

CANNES, October 10: Vh1 Latin America has picked up a range of new programming from MGM and Twentieth Century Fox, as well as from independents such as GRB Worldwide and Target Entertainment. For the Movies That Rock block, Vh1’s new …

CANNES, October 10: At MIPCOM this week, Sony Pictures Television International launched the official film of the FIFA World Cup, entitled The Grand Finale, and announced a multi-year feature-film deal with Five in the U.K. The Grand Finale is narrated …

CANNES, October 10: E! Networks has announced a range of IPTV deals in Europe for the E! International Network. Launches this fall are slated on Swisscom’s Bluewin TV basic package, T- Com in Germany on the T-Home Complete Plus basic …

CANNES, October 10: Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has inked a deal with M6 to offer the hit drama Prison Break on VOD in France via the terrestrial broadcaster’s website. Fox has put its promotional weight behind launching Prison Break …

LONDON, October 10: NASN, which offers up coverage of North American sports in Europe, has secured carriage with Canal Digital, bringing it to Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway beginning October 27. The agreement grants NASN access to 1.1 million Nordic …

MOUNTAIN VIEW/SAN MATEO, October 10: Validating a rumor that has been circulating since last Friday, Internet search and advertising giant Google is set to purchase YouTube, the web’s most popular viral video destination, in a deal valued at a whopping …

LONDON, October 10: Disney Channel has signed its first pan-European deal to provide content to mobile phones, entering into an agreement with Orange that covers the U.K., Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal, Poland, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia and eventually France. The service …

LONDON, October 10: BBC World Service will launch a television news service for Iran in early 2008 that will be funded by the British government to the tune of £15m a year. The channel, based in London, will broadcast in …

LONDON, October 10: Content from The History Channel in the U.K. will be made available on an on-demand basis on BT Vision, BT’s next-generation TV service that launches later this fall. The channel, a joint venture of BSkyB and A&E …

LONDON, October 10: Inking a deal with Top Up TV, Setanta Sports will be available on the British digital terrestrial platform Freeview next year as a stand-alone subscription offering. Freeview customers with a Top Up TV-compatible digital box or digital …