World Screen

PHILADELPHIA/ENGLEWOOD, September 13: Beginning September 15, Comcast will offer 100 hours of high-definition video-on-demand programs on its ON DEMAND service, including at least 20 HD movies from Starz Entertainment each month. The initiative kicks off with Disney’s The Chronicles of …

SINGAPORE/HONG KONG/TAIPEI, September 13: Nickelodeon Networks Asia and Eastern Broadcasting Co.’s Eastern Television (ETTV) have joined forces to launch YoYo Nick, a three-hour Mandarin-language programming block for kids in Taiwan. The Nickelodeon-branded block, launching September 18, will feature Mandarin-language versions …

LONDON, September 13: SCI FI Channel in the U.K. has picked up the rights to NBC’s new fall season drama Heroes, as well as SCI FI U.S.’s Stan Lee reality series Who Wants to be a Superhero? for launch early …

HONG KONG, September 13: PCCW’s IPTV platform now TV will have the exclusive Hong Kong carriage rights for Playboy TV for a three-year period, beginning in December. As of December 1, Playboy TV will come off other pay TV platforms …

NEW YORK, September 13: NBC Universal and its broadcast affiliates are launching nbbc (National Broadband Company), a platform that will aggregate and distribute both its own content as well as third-party titles to NBC Universal’s online assets as well as …

WEST PALM BEACH, September 12: ION Media Networks’ flagship i network, formerly PAX TV, is gearing up to launch the classic Aaron Spelling series Charlie’s Angels, which first made its debut 30 years ago. The series launches on i with …

LOS ANGELES, September 12: National Geographic Kids Entertainment (NGKE) and King Rollo Films have partnered with CBeebies to co-produce the original live-action/animated preschool series Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies. CBeebies will also contribute archival footage to complement the resources provided by …

MUNICH, September 12: SevenOne International has sold Keshet Formats’ new relationship-based format Love Lab to Star Channel in Greece, with the first ten episodes set to go into production in October. Star Channel’s managing director, Carlos Alkalai, described the format …

TORONTO, September 12: Cuppa Coffee’s hit interstitials series Bruno has launched on Cartoon Network Japan as part of a deal with Tokyo-based OLC, which represents the property in Japan. The 50×1-minute series stars a playful little monkey who inspires preschool …

CENTENNIAL, September 12: International Networks is teaming with the Eros Group, a leading distributor of Indian movies, to launch a new Bollywood subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service, Bollywood Hits On Demand. The service will launch on September 15 via iN DEMAND …