World Screen

TORONTO, February 4: To fill gaps in its schedule in the wake of the writers’ strike, NBC has ordered 13 episodes of the one-hour drama series The Listener (working title), originally produced by Shaftesbury Films for Canadian broadcaster CTV. This …

LUXEMBOURG, February 4: The European DVD rental subscription service LOVEFiLM has reached a deal to acquire Amazon Europe’s DVD rental business in the U.K. and Germany. As part of the deal, Amazon Europe is making a cash investment in LOVEFiLM …

MOSCOW, February 4: Russian broadcaster CTC Media has reached a deal to take a 20-percent stake in Almaty-based Channel 31, the fourth-largest broadcaster in Kazakhstan with an audience share of 7.1 percent in the second half of 2007. Channel 31 …

BURBANK, February 4: The Walt Disney Company’s Board of Directors has signed Robert A. Iger to a new five-year contract to remain in his current position as president and CEO. Iger’s previous contract would have expired on September 30, 2010. …

January 2008 Children around the globe are becoming more media savvy, and youngsters in Latin America are no exception. While cable and satellite penetration and Internet connections may be lower in some Latin American countries than in more developed markets …

January 2008 As chairman and CEO of the Cisneros Group of Companies (CGC), Gustavo Cisneros sits atop a conglomerate whose businesses encompass media, entertainment, telecommunications and consumer products, reaching some 550 million Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking consumers in the Americas and …

January 2008 When BBC Worldwide was looking for someone to develop the BBC brand in the U.S. and build on the relationships and partnerships it had already established there, it sought an executive with extensive experience in the highly complex …

October 2007 Now in its 28th year, Nickelodeon has given the world extremely successful children’s brands like Dora the Explorer and SpongeBob SquarePants. Reaching some 470 million homes worldwide via channels, programming blocks, broadband services and international program sales, Nickelodeon …

TV Kids Weekly, January 29, 2008 ORIGIN: The property is based on an original idea from Nickelodeon. DISTRIBUTOR: MTV Networks International CREATORS: Chris Gifford and Valerie Walsh SYNOPSIS: In each episode of this preschool series, Dora and her chimp friend …

World Screen Weekly, January 31, 2008 COUNTRIES: Available in 65-plus countries worldwide including Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Germany, Korea, Iceland, Lithuania, Slovenia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey and across Latin America and the U.K. BabyTV’s 24-hour channel is now also available across …