World Screen

MAINZ, March 3: ZDF Enterprises announced that actor Karl Markovics, who stars in the Oscar-winning film The Counterfeiters, will play the lead role in the UFA production Ship of No Return—The Final Voyage of the Gustloff. In Ship of No …

STOCKHOLM, March 3: Modern Times Group’s (MTG) Viasat Broadcasting has inked an agreement to add TVNorge to its DTH satellite platform and for TV3 to be made available on the Canal Digital satellite platform. Viasat will include TVNorge in its …

NEW YORK, March 3: The CW’s family comedy series Everybody Hates Chris will join Nick at Nite’s lineup in September 2009. The deal with CBS Television Distribution includes a four-year license period for a minimum of four seasons (80 episodes). …

LOS ANGELES, March 3: Silicon Valley venture capital firms Accel Partners and Venrock are teaming with the William Morris Agency and AT&T to create a new investment vehicle to support digital media innovators in Southern California. Accel, William Morris Agency …

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, March 3: Telemundo’s youth-focused cable network mun2 will join Comcast Cable’s digital lineup in April, expanding its reach to a total of 24 million subscribers. Currently, mun2 reaches 17 million subscribers, and with this deal it will add …

LONDON, March 3: The BBC will add to its existing radio and online offerings for the Arab population with the launch of a new Arabic-language news channel on Tuesday, March 11. BBC Arabic Television is the BBC's first publicly-funded international …

ATLANTA, March 3: During the same week as the broadcast network Upfronts, Turner Entertainment Networks will present a host of new original programming initiatives for TNT, TBS and truTV at a presentation for advertisers in New York on May 14. …

NEW YORK, March 3: A restructure in the digital, sales and research teams at NBC Universal was announced today, with new responsibilities for Salil Mehta, Mike Pilot and Jeff Gaspin, as Beth Comstock exits to take on a new role …

NEW YORK, March 3: According to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers report, private-equity buyers were very active in the entertainment and media space last year, investing nearly $45 billion, up from $19.4 billion in 2006. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers' annual report, 2008 M&A …

October 2007 AXN is 10 years old this year. But the content for which it is known is timeless. The universal appeal of its action-adventure programming has made AXN a leading international cable and satellite destination among young adults aged …