World Screen

LONDON, July 26: ITV is set to air its own version of America’s Got Talent, the Simon Cowell format that has been a hit for NBC this summer. The British series, from Simon Cowell’s production company SYCO TV, will see …

SINGAPORE, July 26: MTV Networks Asia Pacific has postponed its first ever MTV Asia Movie Awards, originally slated to take place October 6 in Singapore, due to “scheduling issues,” the company said today. The announcement comes just over a month …

NEW YORK, July 26: PBS announced two online content deals today, bringing several of its shows to Google Video and the Open Media Network on a download-to-own basis. Content available for download on both sites will include episodes of the …

STOCKHOLM, July 26: Net income at the Modern Times Group rose 80 percent in the second quarter to SEK 348 million, on revenues of SEK 2,577 million, a 30-percent gain on the prior year quarter. For the first half of …

HILVERSUM, July 26: Driven by unscripted television—notably Deal or No Deal—and gains in the U.K., Endemol has posted revenues of 516.6 million euros for the first half of the year, a 22.6 percent increase, with profit up 20 percent to …

LOS ANGELES/REDMOND/DENVER, July 26: FOX’s Emmy-winning sitcom Arrested Development, which was cancelled after three critically acclaimed seasons, will soon be available online, in high definition and on basic cable, via deals with MSN, HDNet and G4. "We're thrilled that this …

LONDON, July 26: A range of NBC Universal content will be made available on a download-to-own and VOD basis on British Telecommunications’ BT Vision platform in the U.K. The deal was announced today by Universal Pictures UK, NBC Universal International …

ALVISO, July 26: OMD and Nissan are among the companies that have signed up as clients of TiVo’s new Audience Research and Measurement (ARM) division, offering advertisers and media-buyers second-by-second data and analysis on DVR viewing of commercials. "TiVo's Commercial …

TV Kids Weekly, July 25, 2006 NAME: El Chavo del 8 ORIGIN: An original idea based on a popular live-action, family-oriented series that first aired on Televisa in 1971. CREATOR: Actor and comedian Roberto Gómez Bolaños, also known as “Chespirito”. …

CHATSWORTH, July 25: Image Entertainment has signed a worldwide distribution agreement with R&B star R. Kelly for his first live concert DVD. The deal also grants Image exclusive digital video distribution rights to the performance. Image will co-produce and distribute …