World Screen

NEW YORK: Nielsen’s latest Television Audience Report reveals that 34 percent of U.S. homes have a DVR, 46 percent are capable of receiving an HD signal, and 55 percent have three or more TV sets. The report notes that 28 percent of U.S. …

PALISADES PARK: Alfred Haber Distribution (AHDI) has signed up new international broadcasters, including Seven Network Australia and FOX in Japan, for the Nash Entertainment series Breaking the Magician’s Code: Magic’s Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed. New sales also included A&E Mundo …

LONDON: Adastra Creative is producing 13 new episodes of Grandpa in My Pocket in a third season for CBeebies, which has also commissioned a Christmas special based on the property. DECODE Enterprises holds the worldwide TV, DVD and consumer products …

PHILADELPHIA: On revenues that rose 3.8 percent to $9.2 billion, Comcast Corporation has reported a first-quarter net profit of $866 million, reflecting a 12-percent gain on the year-ago period. "Our healthy operating and financial results for the first quarter mark …

NEW YORK: Several additions have been made to truTV’s lineup of original programming, including new projects from Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg’s Katalyst and Reveille. In 2009, truTV achieved strong growth with its target 18-to-49 audience, along with experiencing a …

NEW YORK: In this video interview, Kay Benbow, the recently appointed controller of CBeebies, discusses the global potential of the new music-based property ZingZillas and how the show complements the preschool channel’s overall lineup, which she now oversees.   Earlier …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide Content & Production has named Matt Paice to the role of executive VP of international production. Paice comes to the new role from Diverse (Zodiak Entertainment), where he spent five years as executive producer on such commissions as …

DUBLIN: Irish post-production outfit Windmill Lane Pictures has set up an international division that will be led by Michael Murphy, who previously set up and ran the general-entertainment network Channel 6. Murphy will serve as CEO of Windmill Lane Entertainment. …

LOS ANGELES: Janice Arouh, currently the executive VP of affiliate sales and marketing for Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel, is to take on the role of president of domestic distribution and marketing at Entertainment Studios Networks as of May 10. …

BURBANK: Cookie Jar Entertainment and NDi Media have teamed up to develop and distribute an online game based on the series Mudpit, which is currently in production. The game, Muzika, is set to launch in early 2011. Muzika is a …