World Screen

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 …

SYDNEY/LONDON, July 25: The BBC has picked up the science series Mythbusters from Beyond Distribution for launch on BBC Two this week. Produced by Beyond Productions, the 71×1-hour show features two Hollywood special effects experts testing universal “urban myths”—if you …

SÃO PAULO, July 25: MCA Cine & TV, a film and television content market for Latin America, will take place at the Imigrantes Exhibition Center in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from August 23 to 25. The event is part of FIICAV …

NEW YORK, July 25: 4Kids Entertainment has unveiled the fall slate for its 4Kids TV block on FOX in the U.S., and has announced plans to roll out a video-on-demand channel on Comcast this August. Launching on Comcast ON DEMAND …

WASHINGTON, July 25: The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and satellite platforms DIRECTV and EchoStar are among the media companies that have come together for a series of Public Service …

BURBANK, July 25: Warner Home Video, Warner Bros. Animation and DC Comics are teaming for a series of direct-to-DVD family-friendly animated features entitled DC Universe, with plans to release two to three titles per year based on comics like Wonder …

FRAMINGHAM, July 25: Research firm IDC expects that about 24 million U.S. cellular subscribers will be paying for some form of TV/video content and services on their mobile devices by 2010, up from about 7 million this year. "Although our …

SPRINGFIELD, July 25: The U.S.-backed Middle Eastern news network Alhurra is set to launch in Europe on August 1. Alhurra Europe will be distributed on the Eutelsat Hotbird 3 satellite system, featuring a mix of coverage of regional and international …

MEXICO CITY, July 25: For the second quarter of this year, TV Azteca delivered revenues of Ps.2,653 million ($243.1 million) and a profit of Ps.655 million ($60 million), a 28-percent gain on the year-ago period. “Outstanding revenue this quarter reflects …

NEW YORK, July 25: Peter Price, the president and CEO of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, is looking to build the Spanish-language Emmys—taking place in New York this October—into a major event that would, like the Primetime …