World Screen

MOSCOW, July 29: Russian broadcasting group CTC Media has reported second-quarter consolidated revenues of $172.8 million, reflecting a 54.1-percent gain, posting a profit of $48.8 million, which was 59.1-percent higher than the year-ago period. For the first six months of …

DUBLIN, July 29: Channel 6, the Irish entertainment network launched in 2006, is being acquired by terrestrial broadcaster TV3 for an undisclosed sum. TV3, owned by the private-equity firm Doughty Hanson, is taking full control of Channel 6 from its …

MUMBAI, July 29: Announcing its first-quarter results today, India’s UTV Software Communications, partly owned by The Walt Disney Company, said it had set aside $75 million to expand its gaming business, including an investment in the mobile sector in the …

SANTA MONICA, July 29: Nick at Nite, Nickelodeon's nighttime programming block that has garnered a following airing classic American sitcoms, has ordered a 20-episode original series from Michael Eisner’s Tornante Animation. Glenn Martin DDS is a stop-motion animated comedy, following …

SANTA MONICA, July 29: Japanese advertising giant Dentsu has launched a new U.S. division, DCI Los Angeles, to develop, co-produce and distribute original animated titles, kicking off with Deltora Quest, currently airing on TV Tokyo. DCI-LA is seeking out North …

TORONTO/MONTREAL, July 29: Alchemy Television has brokered a deal that sees Canada’s CBC aligning with ABC in the U.S. for a half-hour, prime-time comedy pilot, 18 to Life, which centers on the life of teen newlyweds. The comedic sitcom looks …

BURBANK, July 29: Imagination Movers, a daily music-driven, live-action series for preschoolers, will premiere with two consecutive episodes on September 6 during Disney Channel’s learning-focused Playhouse Disney block. Imagination Movers, filmed entirely in New Orleans, features the eponymous alternative rock …

NEW YORK, July 29: PBS will present a special evening of programming focused on Alzheimer’s disease, starting with a national encore broadcast of the Emmy Award-winning The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer’s. The special will start at 9 p.m. on …

LONDON, July 29: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has added ten new shows to its sales roster for the international market, covering drama, comedy and factual offerings such as the one-hour FestivAsia—Moon Dance and Hitler’s Bodyguard. From Atlantic Productions, Star of Bethlehem …

BURBANK, July 29: Disney Channel has ordered an additional 13 episodes of the Emmy-nominated series Phineas and Ferb, bringing the show’s second season to a total of 39 episodes. Phineas and Ferb, which premiered in February, ranks as the number …