World Screen

LOS ANGELES, March 10: Saban Capital Group (SCG), Haim Saban’s private-investment firm specializing in the media, entertainment and communications industries, has named Craig Cooper as its managing director and head of its new digital-media investments group. In his new role, …

BETHESDA, March 10: According to a study by independent research firm Grunwald Associates, television no longer captures the undivided attention of kids in the U.S., with 64 percent of kids going online while watching television, and Internet activity becoming a …

NEUILLY, March 10: M6 Group has said that it is in exclusive talks to acquire 100 percent of Cyréalis, which operates a range of websites that attracted 5.5 million visitors in January, predominantly men aged between 15 and 35. Cyréalis’s …

LONDON, March 10: Virgin Media’s share price rose today on a weekend report of a possible buyout by a consortium of private-equity firms, but a source close to the situation has denied the speculation to Reuters. The Observer reported over …

NEW YORK, March 10: The six largest cable television firms in the U.S., including Comcast and Time Warner Cable, are working on plans for a jointly owned company that would allow national advertisers to buy customized ads and interactive ads …

October 2007 Southern Star International (SSI) has made a name for itself internationally as a producer and distributor of high quality programming across a variety of genres: thriller TV movies such as Wire in the Blood, the long-running series Home …

TV Real Weekly, March 5, 2008 Creator/Presenter Ciao Darwin The scientific process of natural selection has been successfully adapted to the television world in the hit entertainment show Ciao Darwin, first produced by RTI Mediaset in Italy and subsequently sold …

TV Real Weekly, March 5, 2008 VP of Content Syndication National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) As advances continue to be made within new-media markets, there has been added pressure on media companies to keep up with rapidly evolving technologies. National …

World Screen Weekly, March 6, 2008 Co-Presidents Regent Worldwide Sales With a slate of about 15 to 20 new movies a year, Regent Worldwide Sales, home to a library of some 3,500 titles, has become one of the biggest distributors …

World Screen Weekly, March 6, 2008 COUNTRY: U.S. LAUNCH DATE: August 2003 OWNERSHIP: MTV Networks, a division of Viacom DISTRIBUTION: 96.1 million homes via cable and satellite platforms across the U.S. DESCRIPTION: The network, which turns five this year, has …