World Screen

NEW YORK, August 22: MTV and Nickelodeon will become full labels under the Paramount Motion Picture Group (PMPG) after spending 12 years as on-lot producers at the studio, as part of a move to ramp up feature-film output geared to …

SAN MATEO, August 22: 
The popular online video site YouTube is offering up new options for its advertisers—Participatory Video Ads (PVA) and Brand Channels—with deals already in place with The Weinstein Company and FOX, among others. YouTube's current advertising offerings …

BRUSSELS, August 22: According to the European Commission, broadcasters in the region devote more than 60 percent of their airtime to European content, and more than 30 percent to titles from independent European producers. The seventh progress report on the …

LOS ANGELES, August 21: Actor-comedian Byron Allen is slated to host and executive produce Comics Unleashed, a new U.S. syndicated comedy series from his company, Entertainment Studios, that launches September 25. The half-hour daily comedy strip has been cleared in …

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 …