World Screen

LONDON, August 18: At MIPCOM Junior, Target Entertainment will be offering broadcasters the new 2-D animated series Fluffy Gardens, set to launch on RTE, Cartoon Network UK and ABC in Australia early next year. Target’s kids’ division has taken on …

LONDON, August 18: Cable subscribers in the U.K. will be able to access a range of interactive services on broadcaster Five, thanks to a deal with Two Way TV. The services include enhanced television applications to accompany Five’s programming, a …

AUSTIN, August 18: TNT is producing on behalf of MasterCard Worldwide the two-minute short Late: A MasterCard Mini-Drama, premiering this weekend during the cable network’s broadcast of Runaway Jury. The short, which promises to “take viewers on a 2-minute high …

TORONTO, August 18: The short Fear and Loathing won the best film award at MTV Networks International’s 48fest film competition, held as part of the International AIDS Conference in Toronto. The 48fest films will be made available for broadcast across …

NEW YORK, August 18: Time Warner has announced that it will restate its earnings for the years ended 2000 through 2005, and the six months ended June 30, 2006, based on the findings of an independent examiner assigned to look …

ENGLEWOOD, August 18: The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. has temporarily blocked an injunction against EchoStar that would have stopped it from rolling out digital video recorders to its subscribers. The injunction was issued yesterday when a …

MINNEAPOLIS, August 17: Navarre Corporation, the parent company of FUNimation Entertainment, has appointed Marvin Gleicher as VP of DVD content acquisition, effective immediately. Gleicher will have primary responsibility for acquiring and marketing DVD entertainment content for the company’s distribution segment …

LONDON, August 17: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has announced several new appointments as it looks to boost its home entertainment and archive sales businesses. David Bealing has been appointed to the newly created position of commercial director, home entertainment. In this …

LONDON, August 17: British independent Seven Stones Media has been asked by BBC Two to create a 10×30-minute prime-time version of its daytime series Return to Tuscany. The show will run in a 7 p.m. slot, beginning this fall. Sold …

LONDON, August 17: DLT Entertainment has received a commission from BBC One for a 9×30-minute seventh season of My Family, along with 50-minute Christmas special. Through its sixth series, the sitcom regularly achieved a viewing share of 30 percent or …