World Screen

LOS ANGELES: The Independent Film & Television Alliance’s (IFTA) board of directors has renewed the contracts of Jean Prewitt, the president and CEO, and Jonathan Wolf, the executive VP of the American Film Market (AFM), through 2012. Prewitt has headed …

NEW YORK: EPIX, the new premium movie service from Viacom, MGM and Lionsgate, has inked its first distribution agreement, securing a slot on Verizon’s FiOS TV platform. The new channel will tap into a library of 15,000 films from its …

MUNICH: Studio100 Media has signed an agreement with Waldemar Bonsels Foundation to buy out the classic property Maya the Bee. Studio100 already holds all exploitation rights, including TV, video, VOD and merchandising, to the existing animated series—104 episodes produced in …

SILVER SPRING: The live theatrical tour Doki en vivo: Un mundo por explorar, which features the popular Discovery Kids character Doki, begins its run in Latin America this month, presented by Discovery Enterprises International. Premiering first in Buenos Aires, Argentina, …

HAMILTON: In the second quarter, Central European Media Enterprises (CME) recorded revenues of $186.2 million, a decrease of 38.9 percent as compared with the same period in 2008, while net income plunged 62 percent to $24.1 million. "Advertising markets have …

SINGAPORE: AETN All Asia Networks (AAA Networks) and Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) are kicking off their two-year co-investment partnership by launching an open call throughout Asia for a host for a new HISTORY series, one of two originals …

PARIS: M6 says its first-half results demonstrate its resiliency in a tough economy, with profit up 1 percent to 80.1 million euros, on revenues that were down just 4.3 percent to 678.3 million euros. M6’s ad revenues did take a …

LOS ANGELES: FX has placed a 13-episode order for the original drama series Lawman, developed by Graham Yost and based on the Elmore Leonard character Raylan Givens. Timothy Olyphant (Damages, Deadwood) stars in the Sony Pictures Television and FX Productions series. He …

NEW YORK: Second-quarter revenues at Time Warner dipped 8.8 percent to $6.8 billion, with a net income of $519 million, reflecting a 34.4-percent fall on the year-ago period. Jeff Bewkes, the chairman and CEO, said he was "encouraged" by the …

HONG KONG/LONDON/MONTEREY: Media Partners Asia (MPA) and Screen Digest are partnering to offer research and consulting services to clients in international markets. MPA and Screen Digest will lend a wide range of consulting services to clients in Europe, North America …