World Screen

HAMILTON, February 5: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has entered into agreements with its partners in Studio 1+1 to acquire all minority interests in the Ukrainian broadcaster, upping its stake from 60 percent to 90 percent, with an option to …

NEW YORK, February 5: Net income for the second quarter at News Corporation rose just 1.2 percent to $832 million on revenues of $8.6 billion, which were up 10 percent on the year-ago period. While the company posted a modest …

PARIS, February 4: Bonita Siegel, the former director of productions for the Corus Kids channels, has been tapped as the creative producer and head of development for Montreal-based Image Entertainment. In her new role, Siegel will produce and develop television …

LONDON, February 4: Internet television platform Babelgum has appointed Mark Cranwell as the director of content acquisition, a newly created post. In this new role, Cranwell will lead Babelgum’s outreach efforts to producers, filmmakers and content creators in order to …

NEW YORK, February 4: Rob Lee has been named as the head of programming at IMG Global Media, based in the company’s Los Angeles office, and reporting to Chris Albrecht, the president of the division. As the head of programming, …

CHICAGO, February 4: Tribune Company has named Ed Wilson, previously the president of the Fox Television Network, as president of Tribune Broadcasting, effective February 11. In his new post, Wilson will oversee the company’s 23 television stations, Superstation WGN, Tribune …

PARIS, February 4: Italian producer Gruppo Alcuni has appointed The Box Distribution as the distributor in French-speaking territories for its new animated series Leonardo. The 26×13-minute series tells the story of a group of Tuscan youngsters from the 1400s that …

BRISTOL, February 4: Off the Fence (OTF) has licensed to Crime and Investigation Network UK the rights to four mystery/crime documentaries, including The Death of JFK Jr. All four documentaries were produced by Lincoln Square Productions for The Learning Channel …

REYJAVIK, February 4: LazyTown Entertainment has inked a raft of new merchandising and broadcast deals across Latin America and Europe for its hit children’s series LazyTown. In Latin America, a deal has been reached with Gerber Products as part of …

ENCINO, February 4: Documentary distributor Solid Entertainment has sold the automotive science and tech series Great Cars to four broadcasters in Europe and Latin America. The 52-episode series was picked up by The Business Channel in the U.K., TV4 in …