World Screen

EL SEGUNDO/NEW YORK, August 15: DIRECTV, USA Network and the USTA are teaming to deliver to the satellite platform’s subscribers a range of interactive features surrounding this year’s US Open. Free to DIRECTV customers, the interactive service will expand USA …

NEW YORK, August 15: Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp has acquired its first website since hiring former Channel 4 chief Michael Jackson earlier this year to boost its online content offerings, picking up a 51-percent stake and full voting control of Connected …

BRISTOL, August 14: Aardman Animations has appointed Alix Wiseman as head of sales for its new dedicated distribution division, Aardman International, which launches at MIPCOM. Wiseman takes up her new post at the end of this month, in time to …

LONDON, August 14: BBC Daytime has commissioned Celador Productions to produce a new daytime quiz for BBC Two, Perfect Strangers. The 25×30-minute show brings together eight total strangers and puts them into random pairs to compete as a team for …

MEXICO CITY, August 14: The new Televisa sitcom My Darling (Amor Mio) launches tonight at 8 p.m. on Mexico's El Canal de las Estrellas. The 160×30-minute show stars Vanessa Guzman and Raul Araiza as a stepbrother and stepsister sharing an …

SYDNEY, August 14: The Australia Network, the international cable and satellite channel operated by pubcaster ABC, has stocked up on a number of titles from Southern Star International for its Asia-Pacific footprint. The channel, formerly ABC Asia Pacific, took seasons …

MAINZ, August 14: ZDF Enterprises will represent the NBC News Archive and license its footage in German-speaking territories beginning this month. ZDF Enterprises will offer up material from the NBC News Archive to clients in Germany, Austria and the German-speaking …

NEW YORK, August 14: In an exclusive multi-year deal with Touchstone Television, Gameloft has picked up the rights to develop, publish and distribute mobile games based on ABC's Lost and Desperate Housewives. "Both Lost and Desperate Housewives have loyal and …

MONACO, August 14: With two months to go, SPORTELMonaco has sold 85 percent of its floor space for this year’s event, set for October 16 to 19 at the Grimaldi Forum. Confirmed exhibitors include Alfred Haber Distribution, BBC Worldwide, the …

LONDON, August 14: Cartoon Network Too in the U.K. will launch a preschool block, called Cartoonito, on September 4, airing daily from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cartoon Network EMEA’s VP of programming, acquisitions and presentation, Cecilia Persson, has already …