World Screen

SINGAPORE: Pay-TV platforms SingTel and StarHub, which are sharing the rights to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, are teaming with two resorts to deliver this weekend’s final, between the Netherlands and Spain, in 3D.  About 1,200 people have been invited to …

LOS ANGELES: The Walt Disney Company has reportedly reached a deal in principle to sell Miramax to construction magnate Ron Tutor and the private-equity firm Colony Capital. The price for the indie label—which Disney acquired from the Weinstein brothers in 1993 …

NEW YORK: Karen O’Hara has been promoted to VP of original movies at Syfy, with oversight for the development and production of more than 20 films for the channel’s Saturday night original movie strand per year.  In her previous role …

BARCELONA: Imira Entertainment has sold the new CGI Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps to RTP of Portugal, along with scoring renewals for further series from HIT Entertainment.  RTP picked up 40 12-minute episodes of the series, aimed at 4- to …

NASHVILLE: Your Chance to Dance, produced by The Gurin Company, is a new competition series on CMT that features contestants putting their own spin on popular video dance moves in front of a live studio audience. Each hour-long episode watches …

SAN JOSE: Multimedia Research Group (MRG) forecasts that the number of IPTV subscribers will reach 102 million in 2014, a 25-percent CAGR, delivering revenues of $46 billion. Europe will be home to 45 percent of those IPTV subscribers, MRG predicts, with 31 …

PARIS: AB International has taken on the worldwide rights to the documentary Earth On Pause, which looks to capture the emotions of people from around the world as they are watching the World Cup final. Around ten light crews, including …

NASHVILLE: Starting September 10, new episodes of the original series DocTalk will air in prime time on Fridays on Documentary Channel (DOC). The half-hour episodes in the second season will feature exclusive interviews with filmmakers such as Restrepo director Sebastian …

NEW YORK: HIT Entertainment’s all-new CG animated series for Thomas & Friends and Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps have launched for the first time in Latin America on Discovery Kids. This is the first time that Thomas & Friends has …

BURBANK: ABC has slated its fall premiere dates for the 2010-11 season, with the return of Dancing with the Stars and Castle kicking off the new lineup on September 20. The following day will see the launch of Detroit 1-8-7, …