World Screen

STAMFORD: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and YouTube have entered into a multi-year partnership that sees full episodes of shows like Friday Night SmackDown, WWE NXT, WWE Superstars and ECW available through the video-sharing site.   The deal expands WWE’s current …

TAIPEI/ENGLEWOOD: EchoStar Corporation’s new Taiwanese DTH service, DishHD, is aiming to offer more than 50 high-definition channels by the end of the year. Operated by EchoStar International Corporation, DishHD launched with more than 30 channels—more than twice the number of HD …

LONDON: Management of the British film channel FILM24, available on Sky, has been taken over by Canis Media, which is seeking options for the service, including an outright sale or a joint venture. The service, available on channel 157 on …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER: Lionsgate has reached a deal with JPMorgan Chase Bank to change the terms of its $340 million credit facility, staving off a potential bankruptcy threat. Under the terms of the previous arrangement, if a shareholder were to acquire more …

BARCELONA: Imira Entertainment has signed a slew of deals from its animation catalogue with Portuguese pubcaster RTP The deal includes CJ the DJ and The Way Things Work, both aimed at 6- to 12-year-olds. Also included are Tangerine & Cow …

LOS ANGELES: The multiplatform service FEARnet, currently available on demand, online and on mobile, is expanding its reach with a launch as a full HD linear network starting October 1. From Sony Pictures Television, Lionsgate and Comcast, the service offers programming …

LOS ANGELES: Exodus Film Group has snapped up the North American rights to the forthcoming reality show based on the Velux 5 Oceans race, to be co-produced and hosted by Phil Keoghan of The Amazing Race.  The series follows brave …

NASHVILLE: On July 9 at 8:30 p.m., Documentary Channel (DOC) will present the exclusive U.S. TV premiere of The Rainbow Warriors of Waiheke Island, which chronicles six Greenpeace pioneers after the 1985 bombing of the Rainbow Warrior ship by the French …

SILVER SPRING: Planet Green has slated a second season of the documentary strand Reel Impact to run Saturday nights at 10 p.m. as part of its VERGE prime-time block.  The second installment of Reel Impact kicks off with the world …

LONDON/LOS ANGELES: Through a deal with MTV Networks Entertainment Group, Endemol has acquired the distribution rights outside the U.S. for the TV Land original sitcom Hot in Cleveland.   The half-hour series stars Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and …