World Screen

NEW YORK: Private-equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS) has revised its 2009 forecasts for the media and communications industry, predicting a 0.4-percent decline in the U.S., versus its previous projection of 4.9-percent growth. The company has issued a special Mid-Term …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Communications recorded a profit of $106 million for the fourth quarter on revenues of $904 million, helped along by gains at its U.S. networks. Discovery’s networks in the U.S. saw revenues rise by 8 percent to $536 …

BURBANK: Cookie Jar Entertainment has secured a deal to continue programming CBS’s Saturday-morning kids’ block for an additional three seasons. Cookie Jar inherited the CBS slot through its acquisition of DIC Entertainment, which has been programming the block since the fall of …

NEW YORK: The value of merger and acquisition activity in the U.S. media and entertainment sector was $150.8 billion in 2008, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ 2009 M&A Insights on the Entertainment and Media Industry report, with 1,000 completed transactions, down 17 …

ATLANTA: For its third annual celebration of national recess week, Cartoon Network has signed Olympic gold medalist Dwyane Wade to once again serve as the spokesperson, along with planning a host of other activities. The week-long initiative, which kicks off …

October 2008 Rich Ross joined Disney Channel in 1996 and has been the president of Disney Channels Worldwide since 2004. He built the successful Disney Channel Original Movie franchise, which includes the international smash hit High School Musical (HSM) and …

A notable addition on ABC’s recently announced pilot roster is an as-yet-untitled project based on the Argentine drama Brothers & Detectives. The adaptation, written and executive produced by Daniel Cerone, is about a low-level detective who, after the death of …

CHANNEL: Discovery Historia COUNTRY: Poland LAUNCH DATE: November 16, 2006 OWNERSHIP: Discovery TVN, a joint venture of Poland’s TVN Group—a division of the ITI Group—and Discovery Networks Central Europe. DISTRIBUTION: The channel is distributed on the "n" digital platform in …

The recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s History Makers International Summit, Laurence Rees has had a storied career as an author and documentary filmmaker that spans more than two decades…and there’s still much more to come. "My …

The Nickelodeon series The Naked Brothers Band (NBB) may seem like just another tween-targeted show with a lot of music, but it’s not. It’s a mock documentary that follows the antics of brothers Nat and Alex, and their bandmates as …