World Screen

AMSTERDAM/LONDON, May 15: Revenues at Jetix Europe for the six months ended March 31, 2008, fell 19 percent to 71.2 million euros, while net profit was flat at 20.6 million euros. The company noted that the revenue fall was in …

CANNES/LONDON, May 15: Disney-ABC International Television has concluded a multi-year, multi-window content agreement with Canal+ to bring a selection of its current and upcoming movies and series to the French pay-TV platform’s viewers via transactional VOD, pay-per-view and pay-TV windows. …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, May 15: CBS has partnered with EQAL, founded by the creators of the hit online series lonelygirl15 and KateModern, to create and produce multiplatform television, online and mobile entertainment for existing and future CBS TV shows. The …

NEW YORK, May 15: At a presentation in New York City, U.S. Hispanic broadcasting giant Univision unveiled its 2008-09 programming slate and touted its 360-degree marketing solutions for advertisers. “This year’s Upfront is not about marketing to Hispanics, but about …

BURBANK, May 15: FOX has announced plans to air a two-hour prequel for 24 ahead of the seventh-season launch, which was disrupted this year as a result of the writers’ strike. Season seven of 24 was due to launch in …

LONDON, May 15: ITV plc, which today announced the acquisition of Scandinavian producer Silverback, has released its first quarter results, with group revenues up 3 percent to £492 million, led by gains in its global content division. Broadcasting revenues at …

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO, May 15: CBS Corporation is further expanding its new-media business, reaching a deal to acquire CNET Networks for $1.8 billion, in a deal that will make it one of the ten most popular Internet companies in the …

NEW YORK, May 15: FOX’s 2008-09 season, which is set to feature J.J. Abrams’ Fringe and Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse, among other new shows, will deliver the “jolt” that broadcast television needs, said the network’s chairman of entertainment, Peter Liguori. Announcing …

CULVER CITY, May 14: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has upped Jamie Weissenborn to the role of senior VP of digital media and global advertising sales for its international group. Weissenborn is charged with oversight of the international networks group’s …

DOHA, May 14: Tony Burman has joined the Middle East-based English-language news channel Al Jazeera English as its new managing director, replacing Nigel Parsons, who has taken on a new role at the flagship Al Jazeera Network. Burman was most …