World Screen

SYDNEY, September 5: Network Ten has said it will offer free, advertising-supported downloads from its popular improv comedy show Thank God You're Here. Viewers will be able to access each week's best Thank God You're Here scenario from midnight on …

MUMBAI, September 5: Nimbus Sports Broadcast has appointed STAR India to exclusively distribute its upcoming bouquet of NEO sports channels. The first of the channels, the cricket-focused NEO Sports, is set to be launched in the last quarter this year. …

SAN FRANCISCO, September 5: The Turkish DTH platform Digiturk plans to begin offering its subscribers high-definition digital video recorders in the first half of next year, following an agreement with OpenTV. The deployment of OpenTV's software and services is expected …

SAN FRANCISCO, September 5: According to research firm Telephia, more than 31 million online homes in the U.S. subscribe to bundled services—Internet, TV and telephony—from one provider. The Total Communications Survey for the second quarter of this year shows that …

NEW YORK, September 5: Rainbow HD Holdings, through its distribution agreement with High Fidelity HDTV, has launched two additional VOOM HD channels in Canada—Rush HD and Equator HD—on Bell ExpressVu Satellite Service. Rainbow’s Treasure HD launched in March on Bell …

NEW YORK, September 5: Six additional shows from the MTV Networks Kids and Family Group, including The N’s Degrassi: The Next Generation and Nickelodeon’s Drake & Josh, will be downloadable from the iTunes Music Store. Launching today on iTunes are …

LONDON, September 5: ContentFilm has completed the acquisition Allumination FilmWorks and UAV Corporation and UAV Holdings, granting it a foothold in the U.S. home entertainment market. The deal, first announced in June, saw ContentFilm shelling out $7 million in cash …

DULLES, September 5: According to a new AP-AOL Video survey, 54 percent of all U.S. Internet users have watched or downloaded a video clip or a full-length program from the Internet, with news being the most popular genre. Further, 32 …

LUXEMBOURG, September 5: SBS Broadcasting’s Romanian subsidiary, Amerom Television, has completed its acquisition of the local music channel TV K Lumea. Launched in 1999, the channel is the leading music network in Romania among viewers aged 15 to 24. Commenting …

SILVER SPRING, September 5: Animal Planet channels in the U.S. and around the world are gearing up to showcase a slate of programming honoring Steve Irwin, the popular wildlife TV personality who passed away yesterday after being stung by a …