World Screen

LAS VEGAS, January 31: VH1 Latin America has picked up the eight-part British series Secret Diary of a Call Girl from IMG Media-owned Tiger Aspect Productions, for premiere on the network this May. The exact date of the series premiere …

LONDON, January 31: BBC Worldwide, along with independent British producers Hardy & Sons and Left Bank Pictures, have entered into a three-way venture to relaunch Hardy & Sons as a new as-yet-untitled production outfit specializing in drama and documentaries. Under …

ALVISO, January 31: CBS Corporation has signed on to TiVo’s Stop||Watch service, which provides second-by-second measurement of program and commercial ratings for both live and time-shifted viewing. The partnership with TiVo aims to aid CBS in developing and assessing new …

NEW YORK, January 31: DIRECTV and TNS Media Research are developing a national audience measurement panel of 100,000 subscribers to the satellite platform. TNS DIRECTView is being hailed as the largest U.S. national audience measurement panel ever. TNS Media Research …

PARIS, January 31: Vivendi’s revenues rose 8 percent to 21.7 billion euros for 2007, delivering an adjusted net income of 2.8 billion euros, while fourth quarter revenues were up 8.5 percent to 6 billion euros. At Canal+ Group, revenues were …

TOKYO, January 31: Sony Corporation published its third-quarter results today, delivering a 25-percent increase in profit to 200.2 billion yen ($1.9 billion) on revenues that were 9.6 percent higher, reaching 2.85 trillion yen ($26.9 billion). Electronics segment sales increased 10.2 …

ROME, January 31: The Fox Entertainment channels in Italy make heavy use of American series, featuring hits such as Grey’s Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, House, CSI and Criminal Minds. And while the writers’ strike will affect these channels’ schedules, their programmer …

BUENOS AIRES, January 30: Telefe International has named Jesica Stescobich as the sales executive for Latin America, the U.S. and Canada. In her new role, Stescobich will be in charge of Telefe International’s customer relations in Latin America, the U.S. …

UNIVERSAL CITY, January 30: Former SCI FI Channel executive Nora O’Brien has been appointed VP of drama programming at Universal Media Studios. In her new position, O’Brien will act as both a development and a current executive for scripted series. …

TORONTO, January 30: Following its acquisition of Alliance Atlantis’ broadcasting assets, CanWest Broadcasting has announced leadership changes to its content division, affecting teams across the board including content creation, acquisition, news and information, scheduling and new media, among others. Leading …