World Screen

SAN FRANCISCO, June 30: VIZ Pictures, a new sister company of VIZ Media, is set to release the romantic comedy Train Man: Densha Otoko in on DVD in North America in January. Adapted from the Japanese bestseller by Hitori Nakano, …

BARCELONA, June 30: Children’s entertainment producers, Neptuno Films chose the Barcelona Aquarium for the location of the company’s 15th anniversary. Hosted by Neptuno’s co-founders, Cristina Brandner and Josep Viciana, the event featured a big band, magicians and caricaturists, for a …

LONDON, June 30: BKN Home Entertainment, a division of BKN International AG, has signed a deal a Universal Music Operations (UMO) for the exclusive distribution, in the U.K. and Ireland, of its DVD and home entertainment products. “I am delighted …

PARIS, June 30: Marathon Media has appointed MGM Consumer Products as the exclusive North American licensing agent for Team Galaxy, and Bandai America Inc. as the master toy licensee. The futuristic animated action series Team Galaxy is set in the …

NEW JERSEY, June 30: Alfred Haber Distribution (AHDI) has finalized the sale of the 7th Annual Latin Grammy Awards to several Latin American broadcasters. The awards show will air live from Madison Square Garden in New York City on November …

LOS ANGELES, June 30: PorchLight Entertainment, the producer and distributor of the preschool series, Jay Jay The Jet Plane, and India’s UTV will produce the feature-length animated movie, Jay Jay’s Race Around The World. Pre-production on the movie is set …

BURBANK/LONDON, June 30: Following the L.A. Screenings, Warner Bros. International Television has sold three series to the U.K. channel LIVINGtv. Justice, from Emmy-winning executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer offers a behind-the-scenes look at how high-profile cases are tried in the media …

SYDNEY/LONDON, June 30: Southern Star International has been chosen by the U.K. production entity talkbackTHAMES as the distributor for Little Devil. Along with the acquisition of Little Devil Southern Star will be looking to develop further drama projects with talkbackTHAMES. …

MUNICH, June 30: Discovery Communications will be launching DMAX in September 2006 in place of XXP, a free-to-air channel the company acquired earlier this year. DMAX, a fact-based entertainment channel, will focus on the lifestyles and interests of male viewers …

LOS ANGELES, June 30: Univision shareholders have filed two suits against the company and its board over their handling of the sale of the leading Spanish-language network in the U.S. to a consortium of private investors earlier this week. According …