World Screen

LONDON, October 31: In the wake of a pre-tax loss of £105 million for the first eight months of the year, on revenues of £20.3 million, Entertainment Rights has announced plans for cost-cutting and disposing of select "non-core" assets. The …

NEW YORK, October 31: U.S. presidential frontrunner Barack Obama's half-hour commercial was seen by 33.55 million viewers across seven networks, with more than 25 million tuning into the three broadcast networks that carried the special, proving to be more popular …

BURBANK, October 31: Bracing for further fallout from the economic downturn, senior executives from The Walt Disney Company have been meeting this week to discuss cost-cutting measures, the Los Angeles Times reports, including possible job cuts. Citing people familiar with …

LONDON, October 31: BSkyB announced today that its first-quarter revenues were up 5 percent to £1.2 billion, with a 22-percent rise in after-tax profit to £106 million and a net customer growth of 87,000 to 9.07 million subscribers. Other highlights …

OTTAWA, October 31: The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has released its much-awaited new broadcasting policy, promising to deliver a "more dynamic" system but disappointing the major networks for its refusal to sanction the collection of retransmission fees. CTV …

NEW YORK, October 30: As a result of a one-time impairment charge of $14.12 billion, CBS Corporation has posted a third-quarter loss of $12.5 billion, on revenues of $3.4 billion, which were 3-percent higher than the prior-year quarter. Earlier this …

MENLO PARK, October 30: A new report from Knowledge Networks reveals that 18- to 49-year-old viewers are more prone to DVR usage and watching TV out of the home, driving key changes in prime-time viewing habits. The survey revealed that …

ALVISO/LOS GATOS, October 30: TiVo subscribers will be able to stream thousands of movies and TV episodes directly from online movie rental service Netflix, as part of a deal announced by the two companies today. The offering will be available …

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, October 30: SCI FI Channel has given the go-ahead to the tentatively titled WCG GameQuest, a reality competition, produced by Granada America, in which video gamers face off in a series of challenges. The eight-episode elimination-style show …

LONDON, October 30: David Tennant has said that he will leave BBC One’s Doctor Who after he wraps filming four specials due to air in 2009 and early 2010. The Scottish actor has filled the role of The Doctor on …