World Screen

NEW YORK, October 24: Sumner Redstone, the executive chairman of Viacom and CBS Corporation, has asserted that there’s “not a chance” he’d sell either organization to resolve the debt issues at his family holding company, National Amusements. Redstone made the …

TOKYO, October 24: Sony Corporation is the latest company to revise its financial forecasts, lowering its projected profit for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, to 150 billion yen ($1.6 billion), 59-percent lower than its profits for fiscal 2008. …

NEW YORK, October 23: Tanya Van Court, who has led Nickelodeon’s preschool and parents online businesses, has been named to the expanded position of senior VP and general manager of NOGGIN, ParentsConnect and NickJr.com. Van Court’s current responsibilities include leading …

HILVERSUM, October 23: Andy Griffiths, the former group director of legal and regulatory compliance at ITV, has been appointed head of legal for Endemol, effective in early 2009. Griffiths will oversee the group’s legal affairs, advising on all aspects of …

LOS ANGELES, October 23: Rosie O’Donnell is set to star in and executive produce America, a new Lifetime original movie based on E.R. Frank’s book of the same name. The film follows the story of a boy named America, who …

STUDIO CITY, October 23: Hallmark Channel has picked up the rights to 80 family-friendly movies from Twentieth Television, including well-known titles such as Big, Cocoon and Edward Scissorhands. The newly acquired movies will air on Hallmark Channel as well as …

MONTREAL, October 23: The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has secured a new deal for DVD sales in the U.S., as well as a number of agreements with private and public broadcasters around the world, including Italy’s RAI. The …

LONDON, October 23: Hitler’s Bodyguard, a 13×46-minute series from Nugus Martin Productions that looks at the men who made up Adolf Hitler’s inner circle of bodyguards, has been presold to UKTV History to air later this year. The documentary series …

SYDNEY, October 23: VMMA Belgium has acquired two new Australian one-hour drama series from Southern Star International: Packed to the Rafters and Rush. Produced by Seven Network Australia, Pack to the Rafters looks at the lives of would-be empty-nesters whose …

MUNICH, October 23: A raft of deals were closed for SevenOne International’s slate of fiction titles at MIPCOM, including 40 countries signing up for the disaster film Gaping Abyss. Among the countries that took on the rights to Gaping Abyss …