World Screen

CYBERJAYA: The Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC), National Film Development Corporation of Malaysia (FINAS) and Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (SKMM) are hailing the success of their most recent MIPCOM outing, with several local firms inking new production and distribution deals. Funcel, …

MEXICO CITY: RCN and Televisa have renewed their strategic partnership and have committed to jointly developing original stories for the international market. With the deal, RCN’s channels in Colombia continue to have exclusive access to Televisa’s original programs, while Televisa …

NEW YORK: Jene Elzie, the VP of international sales and strategic planning at CIMG, talks in this video interview about positioning the company as a player in the format market, and also discusses the windowing strategy CIMG employs worldwide, balancing …

LONDON: The BBC has reached a settlement with the government that freezes its license fee at the current rate of £145.50 until 2016/17—representing a budget reduction in real terms of some 16 percent, reports indicate. Announcing the settlement, Sir Michael …

HYDERABAD: DQ Entertainment has signed a broadcast deal with Noga Communications for its series The New Adventures of Peter Pan to air in Israel. Noga’s bouquet includes The Children Channel, Channel 8 and Logi Channel. Noga has now picked up …

SAN DIEGO: Televix Entertainment has been appointed by the Latin American Multimedia Corporation as the worldwide television distribution agent for the bilingual preschool series Dos y Dos. The live-action series is recorded in Spanish and serves to teach English to …

SYDNEY/LONDON/WARSAW: The international MTVNHD service is extending its distribution, with a launch in Australia and new deals in Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark. The channel becomes available in Australia on November 1 on Foxtel, reaching some 250,000 HD households. …

BURBANK: Ahead of the DVD release of Toy Story 3, the Disney-Pixar film collection is available for on-demand rental for a limited time only through November 9 via local TV providers and digital retailers. The collection includes classic hits such …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC has ordered a full season of the freshman drama Chase as well as the returning action-comedy Chuck. Chase is averaging a 2.0 rating, 5 share in adults 18 to 49. The show has 6.5 million viewers overall in …

LOS ANGELES: The 2010 American Film Market (AFM) will feature panels on film financing, social media, piracy, distribution and marketing, while sessions include talks from prominent filmmakers, financiers and industry execs. Held November 3 to 10, AFM will feature a …