World Screen

SILVER SPRING, February 6: Discovery Communications has added new portals to its direct-to-consumer mobile website for Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Discovery Health and Planet Green. Consumers can access the new portals through their mobile phones at www.discoverymobile.com, as well …

MIAMI, February 6: The U.S. Hispanic network Telemundo has become the fastest-growing Spanish-language network, according to its results for the January NTI survey period, and scored its best prime-time performance numbers in nearly two years. According to Nielsen Media Research …

LONDON, February 6: The BBC’s children’s channel CBBC has unveiled a slate of new dramas, as well as returning series like The Sarah Jane Adventures. Among the new dramas premiering on CBBC are Half Moon Investigations, about crime corruption and …

LOS ANGELES, February 6: Granada America has secured a pilot deal with Lifetime Television for the game show The Big Match, hosted by British personality Cat Deeley. The program, which is based on a format by Granada America’s executive producers …

CHATSWORTH, February 6: The North American home-entertainment distributor Image Entertainment is terminating its June 2007 merger agreement with BTP Acquisition Company, an affiliate of David Bergstein. Image is demanding “prompt payment” of a $4.2 million business interruption fee required by …

LUCERNE/LOS ANGELES, February 6: Ben Silverman, the co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios, will be awarded this year’s Honorary Rose at the Rose d’Or Festival, which is held from May 2-6 in Lucerne, Switzerland. The Honorary Rose, which …

MONTEREY, February 6: According to a new study by SNL Kagan, Hispanic multichannel homes could increase to 9.7 million in 2011 from 8.7 million in 2007, while Hispanic TV homes are projected to grow to 13.4 million from 12.1 million …

LONDON, February 6: For the six months ended December 31, 2007, BSkyB’s revenues rose 11 percent to £2.5 billion, but the platform recorded a loss of £112 million, versus the £246 million profit in the comparable period in 2006, as …

BURBANK, February 6: Revenues at The Walt Disney Company were up 9 percent to $10.5 billion for the first quarter, but net income dropped 26.5 percent to $1.25 billion. “We’ve started off 2008 with another outstanding quarter, marked by strong …

NEW YORK, February 6: For 2007, Time Warner delivered revenues of $46.5 billion, a 6-percent gain on the year-ago period, while the fourth quarter saw revenues rise 2 percent to $12.6 billion. Announcing the results, CEO Jeff Bewkes noted: “I’m …