World Screen

ALVISO, August 28: A Texas District Court has issued a stay on EchoStar’s patent infringement suit against DVR pioneer TiVo and electronics company Humax USA. The stay, issued July 14 and now final, is in effect until the U.S. Patent …

EDINBURGH, August 28: Delivering the MacTaggart lecture at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival over the weekend, outgoing ITV chief executive Charles Allen attacked Channel 4, saying that the broadcaster, which won the festival’s best terrestrial channel award, should “grow …

ENGLEWOOD, August 28: EchoStar Communications Corporation will shell out $100 million to settle its nine-year litigation with the ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox affiliate associations. Under terms of the settlement, EchoStar will expand its local network channel service from approximately …

LOS ANGELES, August 28: HBO and NBC were the big winners at the Primetime Emmys last night, which crowned FOX’s 24 as best drama, NBC’s The Office as best comedy, the HBO/Channel 4 co-production Elizabeth I as best mini-series, and …

LONDON, August 25: Five has named Nick Thorogood as the controller of its new digital channels, Five Life and Five US, both of which launch this fall. Thorogood begins his new role in September. Until earlier this year, he was …

ST. LOUIS/NEW YORK, August 25: Sesame Workshop will create Sesame Street-themed attractions in four theme parks operated by Busch Entertainment Corp., which already operates the Sesame Place theme park in Pennsylvania. The new attractions will be set up at SeaWorld …

MONTREAL, August 25: Distraction has notched up a number of new deals in the U.S. market—including one for an adaptation of its hit scripted format Love Bugs—since setting up its office in Los Angeles under executive sales director Rob Kaplan. …

LOS ANGELES/PARIS, August 25: The Tennis Channel has entered into a multi-year agreement with the French Tennis Federation (FFT) for the exclusive U.S. non-broadcast network rights to Roland Garros (the French Open), beginning next year. This is The Tennis Channel’s …

LONDON, August 25: The British version of The Apprentice, featuring Sir Alan Sugar, will move to BBC One next year following two successful seasons on BBC Two. The Apprentice, produced by talkbackTHAMES, will move to BBC One while The Apprentice: …

ENGLEWOOD/BURBANK, August 25: DISH Network has reached an agreement with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group to offer a slate of the studio’s features on its VOD platform. The satellite operator’s DISH On Demand service will deliver current and catalogue titles …