World Screen

SEOUL, July 11: KBS World, the international cable and satellite channel operated by the Korean terrestrial KBS, is now available in the Middle East via the satellite platform ArabSat 2D. ArabSat brings the Korean-language channel to 22 Middle Eastern countries, …

HILVERSUM, July 11: Interactive content developer 2waytraffic has acquired format developer and distributor Intellygents for 5 million euros, with a deferred consideration dependent upon the financial performance of Intellygents until 2009. The deal, subject to shareholder approval, provides 2waytraffic with …

LONDON, July 11: Ross Bentley, the managing director of Rights Tracker, tells World Screen Newsflash about the company’s ambitions to take its web-based rights management software into key European markets and into the U.S. Since formally launching last December, the …

SAN FRANCISCO, July 11: Two months since inking a content deal with Warner Bros., peer-to-peer file sharing website BitTorrent has added a further 1,600 titles to its offerings via deals with Hart Sharp Video, Egami Media (a subsidiary of Image …

BURBANK, July 11: DIC Entertainment has formed a joint venture with Thomopoulos Productions to form Promise Media Productions, which aims to develop and distribute “positive value” content for kids. Promise Media Productions will develop original live-action and animated branded content …

MIAMI, July 11: Citing Nielsen Television Index research, Univision Communication says that about 50 million viewers tuned in to the 2006 FIFA World Cup tournament on its three television networks— Univision, TeleFutura and Galavisión—including 29 million Hispanics and 21 million …

MENLO PARK, July 11: California-based Knowledge Networks has released a study indicating that 50 percent of those who subscribe to video cell phone services—and 30 percent of video iPod owners—never use these devices for viewing video content. The report, How …

LOS ANGELES, July 11: Twentieth Century Fox has inked a deal to bring a slate of its movie content to Japanese cable platform J:COM’s video on demand service, including the titles Fantastic Four and Walk the Line. The agreement with …

PASADENA, July 11: Dan Rather, who exited CBS last month, is set to produce and host a weekly news show for Mark Cuban’s HDNet. The series, Dan Rather Reports, premieres exclusively on the high-definition cable channel this October. The one-hour …

LAS VEGAS, July 11: At the Video Software Dealers Association conference today, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, Paramount Home Entertainment, HP, Intel, Microsoft and Toshiba announced the formation of the North American HD DVD Promotional Group. The non-profit …