World Screen

SYDNEY, November 7: Seven Network Australia is set to produce a sophomore season of the one-hour comedy/drama series Packed to the Rafters, distributed by Southern Star International. The first season has, to date, achieved an average all-audience market share of …

SANTA MONICA, November 7: Blood River, a psychological thriller from indie producer Leonidas Films, is on offer from Epic Pictures at AFM, and has already secured a number of pickups. From writer/director Adam Mason, Blood River blends elements of horror …

STAMFORD, November 7: Donna Goldsmith, the executive VP of consumer products for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), will take over as the company's COO as of December 31, replacing Mike Sileck, who is resigning from his post and as a member …

MUNICH, November 7: Dominique Neudecker has exited her role as the director of international productions and broadcast for Studio100 Media/EM.Entertainment. Neudecker joined EM.Entertainment, which is now part of Studio100, in October 2005 as head of production. She was promoted in …

NEW YORK, November 6: A weakened U.S. ad market, a smaller theatrical release slate and a write-down of its investment in German pay-TV platform Premiere were all cited by News Corporation as factors in the 29.6-percent first-quarter profit fall to …

LUXEMBOURG, November 6: In the midst of a number of media companies reporting weaker results, the RTL Group's financials for the first nine months show it holding steady, with revenues of 4.05 billion euros and an improved operating profit of …

ATLANTA, November 6: Coverage of the U.S. presidential election on Tuesday night was viewed by more than 71.5 million people, with ABC taking the lead in prime time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m. EST) with 13.1 million viewers. CNN came …

PARIS/NEW YORK, November 6: Reed MIDEM and the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences have opened the call for entries for the fourth International Digital Emmy Awards at MIPTV, which will take place from March 30 to April 3. …

CAMBRIDGE, November 6: Growth in the IPTV pay-TV market will come at the expense of cable TV operators, according to Pyramid Research, which predicts IPTV's share of the market will rise to 14 percent in 2013 from 3 percent today. …

LONDON, November 6: Announcing its third-quarter results today, British cable platform Virgin Media revealed that it will pay BSkyB a license fee of £30 million per year for carriage of the Sky basic channels, rising to up to £38 million …