World Screen

TORONTO: Entertainment One (eOne) has added Scandinavia and South Africa to its territory roster and has already started acquiring content rights for both markets. eOne recently secured Scandinavian rights for the period thriller Bodyguards and Assassins as well as Lemmy, …

LONDON/TEL AVIV: Comedy Central is to make its debut in Israel on January 1, 2011, marking its tenth localized service. MTV Networks International is launching the channel in partnership with Ananey Communications. Comedy Central Israel will be available via HOT, …

SAN FRANCISCO: Worldwide spending on Internet advertising is expected to climb 12 percent this year to $61.8 billion, according to a new report from research group eMarketer. Online spending is forecast to reach $96.8 billion by 2014, growing at an …

LONDON: Sky 3D is set to launch in millions of homes across the U.K. on October 1. The service will feature a launch lineup of movies and live sports. Highlights include this year’s Ryder Cup, with three days of live …

LONDON: Virgin Media’s first online and mobile TV player has gone live in beta, launching with hundreds of hours of content from ITV, Disney, National Geographic and MTV, among others. Virgin Media Player on mobile will launch with 4oD content …

LONDON: BSkyB’s operating profits rose 10 percent in the second quarter, after the British pay-TV giant added more than 400,000 new subscribers to its HD service in Q2. BSkyB reported that 30 percent of its 9.86 million customer base now …

LONDON: Sky has become the exclusive home of HBO shows in the U.K. and Ireland as part of a multi-year output deal announced today that kicks off with the new Martin Scorsese series Boardwalk Empire. Under the terms of the …

SINGAPORE: ESPN STAR Sports has picked up the pay-TV rights to the Asian Football Federation’s Asian Cup 2011, taking place in Qatar, for 24 territories in the region. The deal with the World Sport Group brings the AFC Asian Cup to multiple ESPN STAR …

MUMBAI: The joint venture created by India’s STAR and South Korea’s CJ O Shopping has launched a 24-hour home shopping network in India, following the success of a six-hour shopping block on STAR Utsav. STAR CJ Alive is offering about 300 …

LONDON: Channel 4 has scooped up the rights to the new NBC conspiracy thriller The Event from NBC Universal International Television Distribution. The series, starring Jason Ritter, Blair Underwood, Laura Innes and Zeljko Ivanek, is slated to received its British …