World Screen

Co-President, Worldwide Television Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer World Screen Weekly, November 13 2008 Earlier this week, MGM announced an important partnership with YouTube. The world’s most popular video-sharing site has been courting major content producers and MGM was the first Hollywood studio to …

World Screen Weekly, November 12 2008 CHANNEL: Sony Entertainment Television (SET) COUNTRIES: Singapore and Hong Kong LAUNCH DATE: July 29, 2008, in Hong Kong OWNERSHIP: SPE Networks—Asia, part of Sony Pictures Television International DISTRIBUTION: SET is available in Singapore on …

TV Real Weekly, November 12 2008 Abbe Raven President and CEO, AETN Steve Ronson Executive VP of Enterprises, AETN History was made last week with the election of Barack Obama, the first African American to become president of the United …

TV Kids Weekly, November 14, 2008 NAME: The Smurfs ORIGIN: Based on a comic strip by Belgian cartoonist Peyo that was first published in 1958. DISTRIBUTOR: I.M.P.S. in non-English-speaking territories; Warner Bros. for English-speaking territories. CREATOR: Pierre Culliford, alias Peyo …

October 2008 When Peter Iacono joined ITV Global Entertainment, formerly ITV Worldwide, earlier this year, he immediately set out to broaden the reach of the company. Part of the commercial broadcaster ITV’s Global Content division and encompassing Granada International and …

October 2008 Ynon Kreiz distinguished himself early in his career as chairman and CEO of Fox Kids Europe (now Jetix Europe), a channel he founded with Haim Saban in 1996. While taking the service to 56 countries in 17 languages …

November 2008 These words were immortalized by Bob Dylan in his hit song. When it was released in the ’60s, it referred to the unprecedented social upheaval gripping the U.S.—including the civil rights movement and the war in Vietnam. But …

October 2008 A hundred thousand channels in the sky. That number is not far-fetched—indeed, it’s almost inevitable and is probably a low-ball estimate. Consider that the Dubai-based airline Emirates this summer launched its new fleet of A380 planes with more …

MUNICH, November 14: German pay-TV platform Premiere reported stable third-quarter revenues of 244.6 million euros, but posted a net loss for the period of 89.1 million euros, versus its 100,000 euros profit this time last year. The company's net debt …

MUNICH, November 14: In a move to cut costs, ProSiebenSat.1 Media is consolidating its Sat.1, ProSieben and kabel eins channels in its Munich headquarters, with N24 to remain in Berlin. By June 2009, the three German general-interest stations will be …