World Screen

ATLANTA, July 19: Cartoon Network is working with Korea’s Grigon Entertainment for a massively multi-player online game (MMOG) that is slated to launch in the spring of 2008. The Cartoon Network MMOG will target the kids' interactive gaming market. Featuring …

BURBANK, July 19: ABC has increased the number of its shows that are dubbed into Spanish, adding, among others, the telenovela adaptation Ugly Betty that launches this fall. Desperate Housewives, Lost, Grey's Anatomy, Dancing with the Stars, George Lopez and …

SEATTLE, July 19: The broadband content service ReelTime Rentals is launching an online service specifically for children, delivering live-action and animated programming and targeting kids of all ages, from preschoolers to teens. ReelKidsTV will initially be housed at http://www.reeltimetv.net but …

BURBANK/DULLES, July 19: The broadband content service In2TV from Warner Bros. and AOL has launched In2TV En Espanol, with more than 25 classic television shows dubbed into Spanish. Available at www.aol.com/in2tv, the service includes Falcon Crest, Growing Pains, Babylon 5, …

NEW YORK, July 19: The National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians—Communications Workers of America (NABET-CWA) union has reached a tentative three-year agreement with NBC Universal that increases wages, improves benefits and addresses job security issues for about 2,500 engineers, …

MARINA DEL REY, July 19: The broadband on-demand content provider CinemaNow has launched a new service that allows consumers in the U.S. to legally download content and burn it to DVD, with deals in place with several Hollywood studios as …

BURBANK, July 19: Subscribers to the online rental service Netflix will be offered an advance look at the premieres of the new NBC shows Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and Kidnapped six weeks prior to their broadcast premiere dates. …

LONDON, July 19: The BBC, as part of its Creative Future initiative to ensure that British viewers can receive its programming on multiplatform devices, has announced an organizational restructure that includes placing director of television, Jana Bennett, in charge of …

MEXICO CITY, July 19: The Televisa/Univision saga continues with the Mexican media giant now saying that it has not yet ruled out a new takeover offer for the market-leading Hispanic broadcaster after losing the bidding war over the company last …

LONDON, July 19: According to data from ZenithOptimedia, the World Cup final between France and Italy on July 9 was watched by 313 million viewers in 56 countries. ZenithOptimedia’s specialist consultancy Sponsorship Intelligence (SI) is the official provider of 2006 …