World Screen

SAN FRANCISCO: Al Gore and Joel Hyatt have named former MTV Networks and Interpublic executive Mark Rosenthal as the new CEO of Current Media. Rosenthal was previously CEO of Interpublic Media and president and COO of MTV Networks. As CEO, he …

MIAMI: The Telemundo Station Group has once again partnered with Ford Motor Company for the Amores de Luna franchise, with its second installment to feature the new 2010 Ford Fusion. Amores de Luna 2: Nuevos Caminos will be produced by …

NEW YORK: Next New Networks, the company co-founded by Herb Scannell that creates online TV networks, has created two new departments, one focused solely on building audiences and other dedicated to the programming slate. The Audience Development Group, headed by co-founder …

NEW YORK: Animation Collective has signed up Mexico’s Canal Once for the modern-day superhero tale Three Delivery. The 26×22-minute animated action-comedy is slated for a September debut on Canal Once. Created by Larry Schwarz, Animation Collective’s founder and CEO, Three …

BOCA RATON: Penthouse Digital Media Productions is set to launch three linear adult channels in high definition in Europe this September. Penthouse Digital Media Productions, a subsidiary of FriendFinder Networks, PH Media and General Satellite, will offer up the pan-European services …

LONDON: My Friend Michael Jackson: Uri’s Story, a new documentary from ITV Studios, features previously unseen home-video footage of the music icon from his friend Uri Geller’s private archive. ITV Global Entertainment is distributing the project. The doc includes footage which has …

MEXICO CITY: Grupo Televisa reported a 10.2-percent increase in revenues in the second quarter to Ps. 12.7 billion ($946.3 million), delivering a net profit of Ps.1.8 billion ($135 million), down less than 1 percent on the year-ago period. Television broadcasting …

HONG KONG: The Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has expressed concerns over a new tax being levied on set-top boxes imported to India, arguing it could slow the growth of the country’s pay-TV market. Earlier this month, India’s …

ATLANTA: TNT launched its third night of original programming to strong numbers, with 3.9 million viewers tuning in for the premiere of the second season of Leverage and 3.5 million viewers watching the new Jerry Bruckheimer police drama Dark Blue. …

LOS ANGELES: The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) acknowledged excellence in professionally generated video web series at the second annual LATV Fest Next TV Competition. The winners were Lexus: Parts Art (branded entertainment), Natural Hazards (comedy), Bit Museum …