World Screen

AMSTERDAM: Film1, Chellomedia’s Dutch premium movie service, has launched an SVOD service on cable operator Ziggo. Film1 On Demand providers customers of the Netherlands’ largest cable network access to approximately 100 titles of current and classic movies at no additional cost …

CINCINNATI: The E.W. Scripps Company has reached an agreement to extend the affiliation of six of its stations with ABC through January 31, 2015. The stations that have renewed their ABC affiliation are WXYZ (Detroit), KNXV (Phoenix), WFTS (Tampa), WEWS (Cleveland), WMAR …

LONDON/NEW YORK/BANGLORE: Babelgum and PRSNL Pictures are to release the fictional documentary feature Dark Fibre as an episodic series online and for mobile ahead of its theatrical debut. Dark Fibre is directed and produced by Jamie King and Peter Mann. …

LIBERTYVILLE: Motorola Mobility has released new research indicating that consumers prefer subscription TV services—cable, satellite or online—over free-to-air platforms, "even in markets where free programming is more readily available." The Global 2010 Media Engagement Barometer surveyed the video-consumption habits of …

NORWALK: A raft of new agreements have been signed by CABLEready, which inked deals with Foxtel, NBC Latin America, Discovery Latin America and Televisio de Catalunya, among others. Foxtel in Australia went for Inside the Actors Studio, while NBC Latin America …

SEATTLE: Amazon.com has set up a business that will focus on discovering new talent and developing feature films, with a first-look deal in place with Warner Bros. Pictures. Amazon Studios is inviting filmmakers and screenwriters around the world to submit …

LOS ANGELES: Lucy Liu has joined the cast of the upcoming Lifetime Television original mini-series event Marry Me, which tells of a woman’s journey to find her Prince Charming. Liu (Ally McBeal, Charlie’s Angels) stars as Rae Ann Carter, a …

LONDON: Cineflix International Distribution has landed a number of sales in Russia and Ukraine, on titles such as A Dog’s Life and Inside the Box with Ty Pennington. Russian distributor Studio U7 went for 78 hours of Cineflix programming, with …

SILVER SPRING: This January, Investigation Discovery (ID) will launch the new series James Ellroy’s LA: City of Demons, with the bestselling author presenting his take on some of Hollywood’s most notorious crimes of the past and present. Ellroy is behind …

SINGAPORE: Michael Dick, head of acquisitions at Fox International Channels Asia, is looking into buying formats as he seeks out content for the region’s largest international channel network, which includes the flagship entertainment brands STAR World and FOX. How much …