World Screen

AMSTERDAM, August 15: chellomedia and Tel Sell have announced that their joint venture Dutch shopping channel will begin operating under the name LiveShop in October, with a preview currently available on its website. LiveShop will be available in more than …

TORONTO/MUMBAI, August 15: At the XVI International AIDS Conference in Canada, STAR India announced a two-year extension of its relationship with the Heroes Project, a non-governmental public service campaign in India that promotes HIV/AIDS awareness. The extension of the campaign …

PHILADELPHIA, August 15: World Wrestling Entertainment’s subscription video-on-demand service, WWE 24/7 On Demand, is now available on Comcast, the largest cable operator in the U.S. WWE 24/7 On Demand is offered up as part of Comcast’s ON DEMAND lineup, featuring …

LONDON, August 15: Content from Entertainment Rights, NBD Television, Portman Film and Television and Wall to Wall Television will be made available on a video-on-demand basis on BT’s TV-via-broadband service that launches this fall. Entertainment Rights will provide Postman Pat …

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 …