World Screen

LOS ANGELES, August 21: PorchLight Entertainment has taken on the international distribution rights to the feature film White Air, set in the world of professional snowboarding, from Emmett/Furla Films. The film, which was produced by Emmett/Furla’s Randall Emmett and George …

TORONTO, August 21: The Broad Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund will cover the costs of CCI Digital’s companion site for the preschool series Harry and his Bucket Full of Dinosaurs. In making the announcement, Arnie Zipursky, the co-chair of …

CHATSWORTH, August 21: Image Entertainment has signed an exclusive North America distribution agreement with comedy producer Levity Productions, a division of The Levity Entertainment Group. The deal includes the rights to distribute a minimum of 15 new comedy programs over …

NEW YORK, August 21: Sesame Workshop is launching dedicated Sesame programming blocks in several Eastern European markets featuring, among other titles, Play With Me Sesame, which has been greenlit for 26 new episodes. On Poland's Minimini, the recently launched Sesame …

KABUL, August 21: The new TV station Lemar has launched in Afghanistan, delivering news and current affairs programming. The privately owned and operated network is a sister channel to Tolo TV. “At Lemar our focus is on independent reporting of …

LONDON, August 21: Fremantle International Distribution has notched up a range of new programming agreements in the CIS and Eastern Europe, including a 14-title factual package with distributor Intra Communication for Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Belarus and Moldova. Intra will …

EL SEGUNDO, August 21: DIRECTV has added the Taiwanese news and information network CTI Zhong-Tian Channel to its lineup, creating a new Mandarin-language programming package. CTI Zhong-Tian Channel is part of DIRECTV's new Mandarin-speaking programming package, MandarinDirect II that includes …

HONG KONG, August 21: News Corporation’s Asian arm, STAR, has made a $1.1-million donation to UNICEF for its tsunami recovery projects in Sri Lanka and Indonesia. The donation will address the educational, developmental and health care needs of the children …

SANTA CRUZ, August 21: More than 1,000 episodes of the long-running PBS series The Charlie Rose Show are now available for purchase from Amazon.com through the CustomFlix DVD On Demand service. "For years, The Charlie Rose Show has been looking …

LONDON, August 21: For the first time in two decades, The BRIT Awards, the annual celebration of the British music industry, will air live next year, on ITV. The event, sponsored by MasterCard, is set to take place February 14, …