World Screen

CUPERTINO: Apple has withdrawn the option to rent TV shows, which had been offered to customers for $0.99 an episode, from its iTunes digital store and its Apple TV set-top box service. "iTunes customers have shown they overwhelmingly prefer buying …

EDINBURGH: ITV1 received its first win as the terrestrial channel of the year at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, while BBC Three won in the digital channel category. This is BBC Three’s second win in the category. BBC One’s …

MIAMI: Roberto Stopello, the former director of the writing department at Telemundo, has been promoted to the VP of novela development, among other promotions at the company. As VP of novela development, Stopello will oversee the writing staff in the …

ENGLEWOOD: DISH Network is adding ONE World Sports Channel to its lineup, bringing a host of Asian sports programs to the U.S. ONE World Sports’ programming will include Japanese J-League Soccer, Korean K-League Soccer, Chinese C-League Soccer, One Asia Tour …

LOS ANGELES: MarVista Entertainment has completed principal photography in Vancouver on Radio Rebel, a Disney Channel movie slated to premiere in early 2012. Radio Rebel is the second movie produced by MarVista Entertainment for the Disney Channel. It is a …

BOSTON: Bill Moyers, a veteran of public television, is set to deliver the keynote speech at the APT Fall Marketplace on November 10, while his new series, Moyers & Company, is to premiere in January 2012. Moyers will be speaking …

LONDON: Passion Distribution has secured a raft of deals across Asia, ahead of its attendance at the upcoming BCWW TV Market in Korea, which runs from August 31 to September 2. In Korea, the second seasons of Cupcake Wars and …

LONDON: Zeppotron, Endemol UK’s comedy and drama production arm, is to produce the two-hour detective spoof A Touch of Cloth for Sky1 HD. The production is billed as an all-encompassing parody of every British crime drama ever written. It follows …

LONDON: ITV Studios and the British online gaming company Gamesys have signed a deal for the creation of a series of web games surrounding the Syco TV series Red or Black? The deal with Gamesys is for a series of …

LONDON: Channel 4 has ordered a comedy about newspaper phone hacking from Guy Jenkin, co-creator of Drop the Dead Donkey. The hour-long program, tentatively titled Hacks, is set within a fictional newspaper, where phone hacking, blagging and "pinging" are used …