World Screen

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 …

CHATSWORTH, August 14: Image Entertainment has signed a ten-year output agreement to distribute theatrical motion pictures from Relativity Media on home video—including DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc—and digital formats. Relativity most recently provided financing and co-produced or executive produced with …

LONDON, August 14: The Italian Internet firm Tiscali is merging its British broadband operations with Video Networks International’s VOD outfit Homechoice. Video Networks International is offloading Homechoice in exchange for an 11.5 percent stake in Tiscali UK, valuing Homechoice at …

SAN DIEGO, August 14: The rock band Supernova has filed for a preliminary injunction to block the band being formed in the CBS reality show Rock Star: Supernova from performing or recording under that name. The Mark Burnett-produced Rock Star: …

LOS ANGELES, August 14: Fox Interactive Media’s (FIM) network of websites, including IGN and MySpace, are set to begin offering properties from Twentieth Century Fox, such as X-Men: The Last Stand and Prison Break, on a download-to-own basis. IGN Entertainment …

NEW YORK, August 14: Titles from Argentina, Dubai, the U.K. and the Netherlands have been nominated in the 2006 Breaking News and Continuing News Coverage categories for the International Emmy Awards. The winners of the news categories will be presented …

BEIJING, August 14: Effective September 1, cartoon series produced outside of China will be banned from local broadcast between the hours of 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., in an effort to give a boost to the local animation sector. The …