World Screen

LUCERNE/TORONTO, January 13: The Honorary Rose at this year’s Rose d’Or Festival, taking place May 2 to 5 in Lucerne, Switzerland, will be given to Sheena Macdonald of the Canadian Film Centre and George Anthony of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. …

LONDON, January 13: David Rey has been appointed to the post of chief operating officer for Discovery Networks EMEA, covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa, excluding the U.K. Rey will report to and partner with Arthur Bastings, the executive …

MIAMI, January 13: Telemundo Communications Group has named Javier Maynulet as its chief financial officer, responsible for Telemundo Stations, Telemundo Network, digital business, international distribution and studios. Maynulet will be responsible for overall controllership, strategic and tactical planning and analysis, …

BUENOS AIRES, January 13: Guillermo Borensztein has joined Telefe International as a sales executive, working with the Argentinean distributor’s clients in Asia and parts of Eastern Europe. Borensztein will report directly to Michelle Wasserman, the head of international programming sales, …

HOLLYWOOD, January 12: HBO received a number of honors at last night’s Golden Globe Awards, while AMC’s Mad Men took home the statuette for best drama series for the second year in a row, and NBC triumphed in the comedy …

WASHINGTON D.C./SAN BRUNO, January 12: Members of the U.S. House and Senate will each be able to create and control channels on YouTube, in an effort to give users of the video-sharing site insight into the happenings on Capitol Hill. …

SAN FRANCISCO, January 12: The CBS Corporation-owned TV.com is positioning itself as a competitor to Hulu, announcing a slate of content partners today—among them Showtime, Endemol USA and MGM—that increase its slate to more than 38,000 videos. The content partnerships …

STAMFORD, January 12: In a move that will result in annual savings of about $8 million, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is cutting about 10 percent of its staff. The cuts will be made across all areas of its global operations. …

LONDON, January 12: The European venture-capital firm Balderton Capital, whose investments include Setanta Sports, has raised $430 million for its new technology and media fund. This is the company’s fourth fund, after having raised $550 million in December 2006, $375 …

NEW YORK, January 12: Verizon has reached retransmission-consent and program-carriage deals to bring a range of CBS programming to its television and wireless customers. With the retransmission consent deal for CBS’s owned and operated stations, Verizon will continue to offer …