World Screen

LOS ANGELES/MOUNTAIN VIEW: September 12: News Corporation is shelling out $188 million for a controlling interest in VeriSign’s Jamba subsidiary, a leading platform for the provision of mobile content. Jamba was founded in 2000 and delivers content in 30 territories, …

SAN FRANCISCO, September 12: With the launch of a new version of its digital content storefront, iTunes 7, Apple has added more than 75 feature films from Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar, Touchstone Pictures and Miramax Films to its offering, with …

LONDON, September 11: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has appointed Mary Beer as director of marketing, a newly created position based in London and reporting to COO Dan Allen. Beer will oversee the new FME marketing team and create and implement a …

LOS ANGELES, September 11: Granada America has announced the appointments of American producers Michael Agbabian and Dwight D. Smith and Australian producers David Barbour and Julian Cress to its non-scripted programming team. David Gyngell, the CEO of Granada America, commented, …

LOS ANGELES, September 11: David Macaione, formerly of Regent Entertainment, has been named president and COO of Rigel Entertainment. Based in Los Angeles, Macaione will work closely with Rigel’s founder and CEO, John F.S. Laing, to maximize production, distribution and …

LONDON, September 11: 12 Yard Productions has licensed its flagship quiz show Eggheads, produced for BBC Two, to Challenge in the U.K. The Flextech-owned network has already begun airing episodes from the first two seasons acquired—a total of 60 episodes. …

VIENNA, September 11: ORF has announced a slew of licensing deals on the first interview conducted with Natascha Kampusch, who was held captive for eight years before finally managing to break free at the end of August. Abducted when she …

LONDON, September 11: Entertainment Rights has inked a range of broadcast and home entertainment deals on its stable of kids’ brands, including Postman Pat and content from the Filmation Library. ORF is among the broadcasters on board for Postman Pat, …

STOCKHOLM, September 10: TV4 Sweden has commissioned Talpa Scandinavia to produce the new reality format The New World for this fall. Set to run over an eight-week period, beginning in October, individuals from opposite ends of society will be stuck …

FORT WORTH, September 11: Navarre Corporation’s FUNimation Entertainment has doubled the content on its syndicated anime block to four hours. CoLours TV Network, dedicated to multicultural programming and multi-ethnic issues, is the first broadcaster to sign up for the extended …