World Screen

NEW YORK: The New York Television Festival (NYTVF) has signed up FX, IFC and MTV as development partners for the 2011 event, kicking off this year’s independent pilot competition. The NYTVF pilot competition accepts submissions across all TV genres, including …

PHILADELPHIA: Comcast Corporation’s fourth-quarter revenues increased by 7 percent to $9.7 billion, delivering a net profit of $1.02 billion, up from $955 million in the year-ago period. For the full year, meanwhile, revenues were up 6.1 percent to $37.9 billion, …

LONDON: EMI Music Publishing has been appointed to handle Endemol’s music library and related music rights worldwide, including the themes from some of its biggest properties, such as Big Brother, Wipeout, The Money Drop and Deal or No Deal. EMI …

LONDON: BBC Showcase UK has found a new home for its 2012 event, at the Arena and Convention Centre Liverpool (ACC Liverpool). BBC Worldwide’s annual event is currently held in Brighton. The move to ACC Liverpool follows on a detailed bidding …

LONDON/HONG KONG/SINGAPORE: ITV Studios and Active TV have come together under the banner ITV Studios Asia to produce formats across Asia. The companies will work with broadcasters in the region to land commissions for ITV Studios’ new and existing formats. Active TV …

EL SEGUNDO: The documentary Waiting for Superman is now available on the DIRECTV CINEMA platform, coinciding day and date with its DVD release. Waiting for Superman chronicles the state of public education through the stories of a set of families …

LOS ANGELES: Roseanne Barr will return to the small screen in a new 16-episode docu-series on Lifetime Television. The untitled 16×30-minutes series will feature the Emmy Award-winning actress, who had her own show, Roseanne, on ABC from 1988 to 1997, …

AGOURA HILLS/ST. LOUIS/NEW YORK: The iconic Voltron brand is getting a video game treatment to coincide with the launch of the new 2D/CGI animated series Voltron Force, which is set to launch in the U.S. on Nicktoons this fall. World …

LONDON: BBC Knowledge has slotted the new programming block BBC Earth to begin rolling out this March in Australia, with further launches planned for Asia, Africa, Scandinavia and a host of other territories. The block will first make its debut on …

LONDON: Ludorum has scored a number of licensing deals for the preschool hit Chuggington in Spain. Working with local licensing agent Biplano, Ludorum secured a publishing partner with Random House in the territory. The publisher’s initial range of Chuggington story, …