World Screen

BURBANK: The Walt Disney Company boosted its second-quarter profits by 52.8 percent in the second quarter to $998 million, thanks in large part to its film division, on revenues that were 6 percent higher at $8.6 billion. “The incredible box …

LOS ANGELES: The opening general session at NCTA’s Cable Show in Los Angeles yesterday afternoon featured a diverse group of content and distribution panelists—including Viacom’s Philippe Dauman, Discovery’s David Zaslav and Time Warner Cable’s Glenn Britt—discussing the business models for making …

NEW YORK: Kevin Gillis, CEO and executive producer of Skywriter Media & Entertainment Group, discusses the slate of kids’ properties the recently founded Toronto-based company is developing for the worldwide market in this video interview.   Starting up a new company …

NEW YORK: Kevin Gillis, CEO and executive producer of Skywriter Media & Entertainment Group, discusses the slate of kids’ properties the recently founded Toronto-based company is developing for the worldwide market in this video interview.   Starting up a new company …

NEW YORK: The newly created post of senior VP of fiction for the sales and distribution division at BBC Worldwide is to be filled by Paul Davis-Miller. Davis-Miller is the second appointment to the sales and distribution team. He joins …

PARIS: An improved advertising market helped to boost TF1 Group’s first-quarter revenues by 11 percent to 597 million euros, delivering a net profit of 33 million euros, up from the 6 million euros profit posted in the same period last …

LOS ANGELES: SOAPnet has surpassed the 75-million household subscriber milestone and has announced the pickup of a third season of the original scripted drama Being Erica. The network is in 75,255,000 homes as of May 2010, representing an addition of …

MIAMI: Among the productions Telemundo Internacional will be presenting at next week’s L.A. Screenings are the series Missing, Behind Every Woman and Count Vrolok. Missing, which is a story filled with suspense, will be adapted in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia …

PHILADELPHIA: Comcast is adding almost 9,000 movie titles to its on-demand lineup, expanding its feature film choices by more than 450 percent. The cable giant’s On Demand service will now offer more than 11,000 total movie choices to customers monthly, …

MIAMI: Along with its portfolio of telenovelas, Venevision International heads to the L.A. Screenings with teen series to offer buyers, as well as documentaries, variety shows and more. “This year we are taking an extensive proposal of international appeal to …