World Screen

BEIJING, August 12: The Cisneros Group of Companies and China’s CCTV have signed an agreement to pool their resources to distribute programming in their respective markets, reaching a combined potential audience of 1.5 billion. The alliance opens doors for mutual …

LOS ANGELES, August 12: CBS Paramount Network Television is ramping up its original programming operation for basic and pay-cable platforms, with Jim McKairnes being named senior VP of cable development and strategic planning. In this newly created post, McKairnes will …

LOS ANGELES, August 12: Disney has signed up Carnegie Mellon University in the U.S. and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich to establish collaborative labs to conduct research and development for several of its business lines. The initiative …

NEW YORK, August 12: Liberty Media chairman John Malone has indicated that the company would consider swapping its stake in Time Warner for AOL’s dial-up business, though no such proposal has been made. According to the Financial Times, Liberty Media’s …

BEIJING, August 11: With a record 114 million total viewers in its first two days of coverage from Beijing, NBC Universal maintains that this year’s Olympics is on pace to be the most watched in history. The first two days …

ENGLEWOOD, August 11: Second quarter revenues at Discovery Communications increased 10 percent on the year-ago period to $863 million, driven by the company’s international portfolio of networks. Adjusted operating income before depreciation and amortization (OIBDA) gained 19 percent in the …

SANTA MONICA, August 11: Lionsgate notched up revenues of $298.5 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2009, a 50-percent rise from its year-ago results, with a profit of $7.1 million compared to last year’s net loss of $53.1 million. …

LONDON, August 11: TV viewers in the U.K. have voted Freeview as the technology that has had the greatest impact on the way they watch television, while mobile TV was reported to have no influence on consumers’ habits. The survey, …

NEW YORK, August 11: BBC Worldwide is returning to Brazil for its fifth annual BBC Showcase Latin America, where it will highlight its varied catalogue to buyers from across the region. Taking place September 8 to 10 at the JW …

COLOGNE, August 11: Germany’s Unitymedia Hessen has signed a deal to acquire PrimaCom’s networks in Aachen (North Rhine Westphalia) and Wiesbaden (Hesse) for approximately 49 million euros, adding some 100,000 cable subscribers to its reach. The acquisition will increase the …