World Screen

ENGLEWOOD: DISH Network has unveiled a new app that gives its customers the ability to watch live and recorded TV on the iPad. DISH Network customers must have a broadband-connected, Sling-enabled device, such as the Sling Adapter. In addition to …

NEW YORK: The spat between Comcast Corporation and Level 3 Communications deepens, as the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) takes interest in the issue. FCC chairman Juilus Genachowski said he was looking into Level 3’s allegations that Comcast was charging …

LONDON: Virgin Media has released new details for its TiVo-powered digital TV platform that will roll out to customers next month. The new set-top box, which had been announced in November, will be part of a revamped TV service that …

DALLAS: In the U.S., 3 million households are planning to purchase an Internet-connected TV during the 2010 holiday shopping season, the international market research firm Parks Associates reports. Nearly 25 percent of U.S. broadband households already own at lease one …

LONDON: Effective April 1, 2011, Kim Ardal is to become the new managing director of Blu, FremantleMedia’s Danish production division. Ardal will be responsible for all development and production operations in Denmark. He will work closely with a variety of …

BARCELONA: Imira Entertainment has entered into a representation agreement with Korea’s Sunwoo Entertainment for the rights to Mix Master Final Force in Spain and Portugal. The 2D/3D animated series is aimed at boys 6 to 11. The 39×22-minute property airs …

LONDON: Four new licensees have signed up for the licensing program for the 4Kids Entertainment International property Dinosaur King. Z Press is to launch a Dinosaur King section in Kr@sh magazine in the Netherlands. J.M. Inacio in Portugal has come …

SÃO PAULO: Among the TV Globo productions that are currently on air across the Middle East is India: A Love Story, which has been picked up by MBC. MBC airs India: A Love Story via satellite and free TV to more …

DOHA: Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing (BQFP) and Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC) have teamed up for a series of books for preschoolers that feature the magical world of FaFa and her friends from Baraem TV. FaFa and her friends Moumou, …

HYDERABAD: ZDF Enterprises has secured a range of merchandising agreements in Germany for DQ Entertainment’s The Jungle Book. ZDF Enterprises is DQE’s German merchandising agents on the property. Through the new deals secured by ZDF Enterprises, Egmont has the exclusive …