World Screen

NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA: Comcast and NBCUniversal are teaming up to use dynamic ad insertion in on-demand programming, with Chrysler and Kraft already on board as initial advertisers. Content from USA Network, E!, Syfy, Bravo and Oxygen that airs on Comcast Cable’s …

LUXEMBOURG: RTL Group has acquired the remaining 26-percent shareholding in the Croatian broadcasting operation RTL Hrvatska, which includes RTL Televizija and RTL 2. Local Croatian partners Atlantic and Agrokor sold RTL Group their respective 13-percent shares. Atlantic and Agrokor will …

BURBANK: The Walt Disney Company has offered to buy the rest of the shares of India’s UTV Software Communications it does not already own and delist the company. Disney already owns 50.44 percent of UTV, and has now offered to …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Internet users in the U.S. have increased their usage of video-sharing sites in the last year, with a reported 71 percent of online adults watching videos on portals such as YouTube or Vimeo, according to new findings from …

LONDON: Britons increased their TV viewing by 17 minutes in 2010, more than double the European average increase of six minutes, according to a new report from IP Network, a subsidiary of the RTL Group. The report, Television: International Key …

PARIS: France’s TF1 reported a 79-percent gain in first-half operating profit, as advertising revenue was up yet programming costs were down. Operating profit reached 186.5 million euros, up from 104.4 million euros reported for the first half of 2010. Net …

TORONTO: TELETOON Canada has disclosed its fall lineup for TELETOON, TELETOON at Night and TELETOON Retro, which are to feature new series and additional seasons of returning programs to debut on September 5. The TELETOON lineup will include The Looney …

LONDON/DUBAI: Sony Pictures Television Arabia has licensed its locally produced version of the American series Everybody Loves Raymond to Dream TV in Egypt, Murr Television in Lebanon and the Saudi Arabian IPTV service Intigral. The 30-episode sitcom produced in Egypt …

ISTANBUL: The Global Agency format Shopping Monsters has secured pilot orders in the U.S., Belgium and Germany, with options in place in 13 territories. The series was first optioned by France’s Herve Hubert to develop a local version for a …

ZDF Enterprises, the commercial arm of the German public broadcaster ZDF, is one of the main distributors in Europe. With a catalogue that ranges from drama series and TV movies to documentaries, factual and children’s shows, ZDF Enterprises sells content …