World Screen

BURBANK, February 29: ABC Entertainment has announced early pick ups of alternative series for next season, including America’s Funniest Home Videos and Dancing with the Stars. America’s Funnies Home Videos, currently in its 18th season, is the longest-running prime-time show …

NEW YORK, February 29: Time Warner has announced the consolidation of its filmed-entertainment businesses, Warner Bros. Entertainment and New Line Cinema, with New Line Cinema to operate as a unit of Warner Bros. Entertainment. As part of the consolidation, New …

PARIS, February 29: Vivendi’s adjusted net income for 2007 was up 8.3 percent to 2.8 billion euros, on revenues of 21.7 billion euros, which were 8-percent higher than the year-ago period. Announcing the results, Vivendi’s CEO, Jean-Bernard Levy, noted: “2007 …

NEW YORK, February 29: Viacom’s profit for the fourth quarter was up 16 percent to $559.5 million, while net income for the year gained 15 percent to $1.8 billion. For the full year of 2007, revenues increased 18 percent to …

SAUSALITO, February 28: Sony Pictures Entertainment’s online video site Crackle has announced that Jonathan Shambroom will lead the company as its senior VP and general manager. Crackle is an advertising-supported website that streams original video content over the Internet. The …

MUMBAI, February 28: Taj TV’s Ten Sports has reached an agreement with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to distribute television coverage of all cricket played in the West Indies between 2008 and 2012. Under the new deal, Ten Sports …

SÃO PAULO, February 28: Online broadcaster MediaZone has struck a deal with Globo TV Sports to distribute an extensive package of Brazilian football programming to the U.S., covering Internet and mobile. The deal will see the live transmission of the …

HARRINGTON PARK, February 28: Janson Media has licensed its Giant Screen Films Collection to several broadcasters in the Americas, Europe and Asia. TV Azteca in Mexico, Oasis TV and Outdoor Life Network in Canada and TV Sedem in Bulgaria have …

STOCKHOLM, February 28: Sparks Network has announced three new format commissions, including the game show Clueless. Clueless, from ATM Grupa, is being commissioned in its fifth territory in Europe by Czech Television. The channel premiered the format in January in …

World Screen Weekly, February 28, 2008 Executive VP, Worldwide Distribution Starz Media Starz Media has been working hard to build its profile internationally since its creation in 2006, when Liberty Media acquired the former IDT Entertainment and made it a …