World Screen

LONDON, July 26: Baby TV has inked a carriage deal with Dutch MSO Casema, which has about 1.4 million basic subscribers in the Netherlands. With carriage already on UPC’s systems in the Netherlands, as well as on Multikabel, Delta, CAIW …

MAINZ/NEW YORK, July 26: After a 16-year stint, Horst Müller is exiting his post as the head of ZDF Enterprises’ New York office. As of next month, the operation will be run by Susanne Müller. Her primary mission will be …

NEW YORK, July 26: The N has given a second season order to MarVista Entertainment’s teen-targeted surf series Beyond the Break, with rollout slated for early 2007. The N, Viacom’s nighttime network for teens, has ordered an additional 10 half-hour …

SILVER SPRING, July 26: On October 1, Discovery Communications will launch its worldwide initiative Discovery Atlas, a five-year project focusing on the culture, geography and natural phenomena of a range of countries, kicking off with China. October 1 sees the …

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 …