World Screen

WALTHAM, August 7: The entertainment portal LYCOS is teaming with IPTV platform PermissionTV for Update Hollywood, delivering on-demand film clips, behind the scenes footage and celebrity interviews. Available at www.updatehollywood.com/player.html, Update Hollywood gives LYCOS viewers free access to the movie …

LONDON/NEW YORK, August 7: BBC America has picked up a raft of titles from Fremantle International Distribution, including the 90-minute documentary special Beatles Biggest Secrets, the psychological thriller A Good Murder and the comedy Hardware. The package also covers all …

SYDNEY, August 7: Network Ten has ceased production on the Screentime reality show Yasmin's Getting Married due to low ratings. “TEN has a reputation for taking risks with new formats,” said TEN's chief programming officer, David Mott. "While we all …

SANTA MONICA/BURBANK, August 7: Lionsgate has entered into a multiyear VOD deal for TVN Entertainment to distribute titles from its movie library. The agreement encompasses all new release movies and product from Lionsgate's library of more than 7,500 motion picture …

LONDON, August 7: Disney Channel is expanding its reach to Southern and sub-Saharan Africa, securing carriage on the MultiChoice DStv platform. Disney launches on the service next month, reaching more than 1.3 million subscribers. The channel will be broadcast on …

LONDON, August 7: The 3.5 million customers who subscribe to the 3 mobile service in the U.K. will be able to watch ITV1 and the interactive channel ITV Play live on their handsets, beginning this fall. This will be the …

STAMFORD, August 7: World Wrestling Entertainment has said that it is contemplating legal action over a study that claims a direct link between watching professional wrestling on TV and teen violence. The study was conducted by researchers at Wake Forest …

NEW YORK/MOUNTAIN VIEW, August 7: Google and MTV Networks are trialing a new video distribution model, with Google to provide ad-supported content from MTV Networks via its advertising network to third-party websites. The companies expect to be testing the model …

NEW DELHI, August 7: India’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has mandated that all music videos, film trailers and movies, whether produced in India or internationally, must be cleared by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) censorship board as …

April 2006 As the TV markets in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic continue to mature, they are beginning to resemble their more developed cousins in Western Europe. By Chris Dziadul Two years ago, when eight former Soviet Block countries …