World Screen

NEW YORK: Ahead of what is expected to be a challenging Upfront season for the U.S. networks, CBS has unveiled a national media campaign across on-air, online, radio, outdoor and print media platforms. touting its ratings success. The campaign, called "Only CBS", comes about …

BURBANK: Disney Channel has ordered a third season of the hit comedy Wizards of Waverly Place, which is also set for a movie adaptation that will premiere in August.  Wizards of Waverly Place is TV’s number one program in its …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Communications’ net profit for the first quarter surged to $119 million from the year-ago period’s $34 million, on revenues that were relatively stable at $817 million. "The growth Discovery delivered in the first quarter despite economic and foreign …

LOS ANGELES: Rogers Cable Communications has entered a multi-year deal with Gravitas Ventures, a distributor and programmer of content across VOD platforms, adding Gravitas Movies and Gravitas Events packages to the Canadian cable provider. Gravitas will license 20 hours of new content per …

LOS ANGELES: The Gotham Group has inked a deal to exclusively represent Cuppa Coffee Studios, the Canadian outfit behind the stop-motion hits Celebrity Death Match for MTV and Starveillance for E! Network. The representation will cover feature work, with an …

BURBANK/UTRECHT: Warner Bros. Entertainment has secured carriage for the Warner TV subscription video-on-demand service in the Netherlands on Ziggo. The Dutch cable operator will offer more than 150 motion pictures, 600 TV series episodes and 100 hours of animation from …

ROME: Fox Channels Italy has started production on The Monster of Florence, originally titled Il Mostro di Firenze, a 6×1-hour mini-series based on the true story of Italy’s most notorious and mysterious serial killer. Based on the screenplay by Daniele …

When the satellite platform Sky launched on February 5, 1989, with Sky Channel; Sky Movies; Eurosport; and Sky News, Europe’s first 24-hour news channel, British viewers had no idea what more was coming. The number of channels rapidly multiplied, and …

For decades the most robust media market in Europe, Germany’s TV business today is beginning to bend under the downward pressure of several factors—some beyond its control and some of its making. Like their counterparts in other markets, German commercial …

BEIJING/SINGAPORE: With immediate effect, Mei Yan takes on the role of managing director for MTV Networks China, along with serving as chief representative of Viacom Asia in China. She will be responsible for overseeing operations of MTV Networks’ business in …