World Screen

MONACO: At the 50th Monte-Carlo Television Festival, Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner are to receive the Honorary Golden Nymph award. Carsey and Werner will be presented the award by H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, who presides over the festival, …

TEL AVIV: Lead offerings from Dori Media Group for the L.A. Screenings include Split, Date Blind, Ladronas and uMan. Ladronas tells the story of a widow who discovers that her deceased husband, a prominent judge, was in fact a corrupt …

CINCINNATI: Reporting gains in both advertising and affiliate revenues, Scripps Networks Interactive posted a first-quarter profit of $72.5 million, a 20.5-percent increase on the same period last year. Total revenues at the company were up 32 percent to $469 million. …

NEW YORK: Revenues were up by 12 percent to $3.5 billion at CBS Corporation, which was able to narrow its first-quarter loss from last year’s $55.3 million to $26.2 million. The company noted that adjusted net earnings for the period …

EL SEGUNDO: U.S. satellite TV giant DIRECTV reported that its first-quarter revenues were up by 14 percent to $5.61 billion, doubling its net profit to $558 million. “We’re starting 2010 with record-setting financial results that point to the tremendous operating …

LUXEMBOURG: On the heels of an ad recovery in its key Western European markets, RTL Group more than doubled its EBITA in the first quarter, to 197 million euros, on revenues that were up 10.1 percent to 1.3 billion euros. …

NEW YORK: On the development slate for Comedy Central’s 2010-11 season are a range of projects that cover genres such as animation, sketch/variety and scripted narrative. Series in production include Futurama, which returns for a new season on June 24; …

LONDON: MTV Networks International (MTVNI) has shored up deals across Asia, Europe and Latin America for live-action programming from its Nickelodeon catalogue. Albania’s Digit-Alb took on iCarly and True Jackson. iCarly also went to SMG in China, 365 Media in Iceland, …

PALISADES PARK: A number of international broadcasters have signed on for the 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concert, represented by Alfred Haber Distribution (AHDI). The music event, which aired in the U.S. on HBO, has been sold …

TORONTO: Originally commissioned by Food Network Canada, the Food Jammers series from Peace Point Entertainment is headed to the new Cooking Channel in the U.S. Cooking Channel took on the 13×30-minute first season of Food Jammers and also optioned seasons …