World Screen

April 2008 The public broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) operates five national channels: SVT1, SVT2, SVT24, Barnkanalen (The Children’s Channel), Kunskapskanalen (co-produced with UR—The Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company), and SVT Europa, which commenced broadcasting via satellite in 1997 and provides Swedish-speaking …

World Screen Weekly, July 10, 2008 Senior VP and General Manager for Asia BBC Worldwide Channels It’s been a busy few months for BBC Worldwide’s Channels business in Asia. In April, the division rolled out BBC Knowledge and CBeebies on …

TV Real, July 9, 2008 President and General Manager Planet Green With climate change and other eco-related issues at the forefront of cultural dialogue, Discovery Communications, driven by its president and CEO, David Zaslav, set out to address the needs …

World Screen Weekly, July 10, 2008 COUNTRY: U.S. LAUNCH DATE: September 11, 2007 OWNERSHIP: The channel is owned by Pegaso Televisión (83.34 percent) and Barba Television (16.66 percent). Pegaso Televisión is owned by the Burillo-Azcárraga family (48.3 percent), Spain’s Telecinco …

NEW YORK/FAIRFIELD, July 11: Second-quarter revenues at NBC Universal rose 7 percent to $3.88 billion, parent company GE announced today, delivering a profit of $909 million, reflecting a gain of 1 percent on the previous year. For the first half …

LOS ANGELES, July 11: The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) says that the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has refused to accept its latest offer, “unreasonably” expecting to secure more out of the new contract. Stressing that that …

LONDON, July 11: Multichannel TV penetration in the Middle East and North Africa is expected to reach 72 percent by 2013, according to a new report by Informa Telecoms & Media, up from 61 percent this year. That growth, which …

NEW YORK, July 11: Time Warner Cable has reached a deal to sell off certain “non-core” cable systems to Windjammer Communications, a venture of MAST Capital Management and Communication Construction Services (CCS). The systems serve about 80,000 basic video subscribers …

WINNIPEG, July 11: Despite a 15-percent rise in revenues to C$851.8 million for the third quarter, Canwest Global Communications has posted a loss of C$28.4 million, versus the C$8.4 million profit in the year-ago period, as a result of a …

SILVER SPRING, July 11: This October, Discovery Channel in the U.S. will premiere Iditarod, a six-part original series from Original Productions examining the famed sled dog race. The series follows participants of the 1,150-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race from …