World Screen

BOSTON: A new study on media-consumption trends found that more than 50 percent of individuals who have seen 3D movies plan to purchase a 3-D capable set in the next three years. The survey by consultancy Altman Vilandrie & Company and …

LOS ANGELES: In less than one month, NATPE has already signed up more than 50 exhibitors for its January convention, with early commitments from BBC, Televisa, Lionsgate and Globo, among others. Under the theme "Content First," the market will be …

PARIS: Canal + 3 stars, comprised of Canal + HD, Canal + Cinema and Canal + Sport, will be available starting in November within the TV Numeric pay-DTT package. The Canal + offerings will be on the latest generation of …

MONTEREY: High unemployment and a weak housing market are among the reasons cited by SNL Kagan for the poor second-quarter performance of the U.S. multichannel industry, which lost 216,000 customers in the period, as compared with the year-ago gain of 378,000. …

MUNICH: A new long-term license agreement grants ProSiebenSat.1 Group the non-exclusive VOD rights to content from CBS Studios International for its maxdome service. The agreement covers all current season episodes of shows such as NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS and The …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES: The hour-long fundraising event Stand Up to Cancer is to be simulcast live and commercial-free on a host of broadcast and cable networks across the U.S. on September 10, with celebrity guests to include cancer survivors Michael …

TORONTO: Phil King has been named president of sports and executive VP of programming at CTV. As president of sports, King will report to Ivan Fecan, the president and CEO of CTVglobemedia and CEO of CTV. He will also join …

LONDON: Ahead of its launch, Vintage TV, the U.K.’s new music and pop culture channel aimed at viewers 50+, has signed a pact with Getty Images for access to its still-image and footage archive. Vintage TV can source content for …

MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company in India has slated an October 8 release for its first live-action Hindi feature, Do Dooni Chaar. Do Dooni Chaar is the story of a middle class family: the father is a school teacher trying …

SAN FRANCISCO/BURBANK: Warner Bros. Television Group’s Studio 2.0 has signed a deal with online video syndication company AlphaBird to launch four original web series on Dailymotion. AlphaBird is handling the syndication for four of Studio 2.0’s original digital series, which …