World Screen

BURBANK, September 11: DIC Entertainment is working with the non-profit Western Justice Center Foundation (WJCF) to develop a series of public-service announcements as well as content that teaches kids about conflict resolution. DIC and WJCF began their collaboration on an …

LONDON, September 11: On the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, British factual distributor MercuryMedia has announced a slew of deals on two documentaries that take a controversial look at the events of the day. 9/11 Press …

NORWALK, September 11: CABLEready has acquired the distribution rights to more than 100 hours of programming from Lionsgate, including the reality travel and adventure series No Boundaries, the candid-camera style travel series Tourist Traps, and the 14×1-hour More Than Human, …

PARIS, September 11: Digital delivery specialist SmartJog has been acquired by TDF, a French-based provider of audiovisual, new media and broadband services. SmartJog, based in Paris and Los Angeles, works with studios and broadcasters for the electronic delivery of content …

BRUSSELS/AMSTERDAM, September 11: The European Cable Communications Association has undertaken a rebranding process with a new name, Cable Europe, as well as a new corporate identity. The association reflects the interests of cable-TV operators in Europe. “The new name and …

ESPOO/HO CHI MINH CITY, September 11: Nokia and Vietnam Multimedia Corporation (VTC) will launch a commercial mobile broadcast TV service based on DVB-H technology in two key Vietnamese cities by the end of this year. This is Nokia's first commercial …

AMSTERDAM, September 11: Chellomedia’s Sport1 channel will offer all UEFA Champions League matches live on its website on a pay per view basis beginning tomorrow. As of September 12, the first eight Champions League matches will be transmitted live on …

SAN FRANCISCO, September 11: The mobile TV audience grew 45 percent to 3.7 million subscribers in the U.S. in the second quarter of this year, according to Telephia, which also found that news, weather and sports were the most popular …

DULLES/BURBANK, September 11: Warner Bros. Television’s two new shows for NBC, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and Twenty Good Years, will be available on AOL.com, commercial free, before their television premieres. The shows will be available in their entirety …

LOS ANGELES, September 8: Several Fox Interactive Media sites, including MySpace.com and FOX.com, are offering up the first 7 minutes of the first episode of The Simpsons’ 18th season, in advance of its television launch this weekend. Through a campaign …