World Screen

CHICAGO, January 18: The private-equity firm GTCR has entered into a partnership with the founders of Classic Media, Eric Ellenbogen and John Engelman, to form Boomerang Media. The new company will be dedicated to the acquisition, management and exploitation of …

LOS ANGELES, January 18: Azteca America has inked a new five-year agreement with Pappas Telecasting, keeping the U.S. Hispanic broadcaster’s content on the Los Angeles flagship station KAZA-TV Channel 54 until December 2012. In April 2007, Pappas Telecasting, the largest …

NEW YORK, January 18: Michael Hirschorn is stepping down as executive VP of original programming at VH1, where he led the development of some of the network’s biggest hits, to set up a production company with fellow VH1 staffer Stella …

BOGOTÁ, January 18: Gustavo Cisneros, the chairman and CEO of the Cisneros Group of Companies, has expressed his intent to take part in the auction for a new commercial broadcasting license in Colombia. Last month, three top executives from the …

MADRID, January 18: Spain’s Telecinco has acquired a 28.3-percent stake in the recently launched U.S. Hispanic outlet CaribeVisión for $32 million. CaribeVisión’s a Spanish-language network with stations in New York, Miami and Puerto Rico. The Mediaset-owned Telecinco says it will …

LOS ANGELES, January 18: The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) on the terms of a new 3-year contract, which includes wage increases and residuals for …

NEW YORK, January 18: As the writers strike continues, NBC Universal, which today reported an 8-percent hike in fourth-quarter revenues, is said to be close to canceling its annual Upfront presentation, where it unveils the new fall prime-time schedule to …

October 2007 As CEO of the RTL Group, Gerhard Zeiler oversees 38 TV channels and 29 radio stations in ten countries, as well as FremantleMedia, which every year produces more than 10,000 hours of award-winning prime-time programming in 22 countries. …

LOS ANGELES, January 17: Lifetime Networks has promoted David Hillman to VP of reality programming, based in the company’s Los Angeles office. In his new position, Hillman will continue to be responsible for developing and overseeing reality programming at the …

HILVERSUM/MIAMI, January 17: Endemol has appointed Laurens Drillich, former chairman and CEO of Dutch pubcaster BNN, as senior VP of Endemol USA Latino. Drillich, a former managing director and creative director of Endemol Mexico, will report to the chairman of …