World Screen

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 …

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 …