World Screen

LOS ANGELES, July 25: The Jim Henson Company has appointed Sam Ewing to handle the international sales of its latest preschool property, Sid the Science Kid. Ewing, a veteran of the children’s business, will be responsible for oversight of the …

NASHVILLE, July 25: To celebrate the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the Documentary Channel will host a special 12-hour programming event on August 4 and 5 devoted to documentaries covering issues related to China. The stunt will include the U.S. …

HILVERSUM, July 25: Marcus Wolter will replace Borris Brandt as the managing director of Endemol Germany on October 1. Wolter will join Endemol from ProSiebenSat.1, where he has helped build the interactive television company 9Live International as the managing director. …

PARIS, July 24: Revenues for the first half of the year at Vivendi were up 10.2 percent to 11.3 billion euros, the company announced today, with a 15.1-percent gain in second-quarter revenues to 6 billion euros. In the first half, …

NEW YORK, July 24: Redlasso, a site that helps bloggers embed video clips into their content, has been slapped with a copyright infringement suit by NBC Universal, Fox News Network and Fox Television Stations. According to local press reports, the …

MADRID, July 24: Spanish media group Prisa, whose assets include Sogecable in Spain and Media Capital in Portugal, reported that revenues for the first half of the year were up 8.8 percent to 2.01 billion euros, and profit was up …

PARIS, July 24: David Zaslav, the president and CEO of Discovery Communications, will discuss the gains made by Planet Green in the Green TV Keynote at MIPCOM, scheduled for October 13 to 17. During his presentation, on October 13, Zaslav …

LONDON, July 24: Ofcom has published a revised advertising code for British broadcasters, including lifting a rule mandating at least a 20-minute interval between commercial breaks in a show. Ofcom notes that the existing 20-minute ad interval “forces the first …

SYDNEY, July 24: Australia’s ABC TV is launching ABC iView, a free Internet TV service that delivers high-resolution, full-screen viewing of content from the public broadcaster on five channels. Developed in-house by ABC Innovation, ABC iView will stream videos to …

NEW YORK, July 24: CBS Interactive has added full episodes and clips of three more classic television shows to the CBS Audience Network and CBS.com, including Dynasty. In addition to seasons one and two of Dynasty, the online video player …