World Screen

SANTA MONICA/PARIS, December 3: Vivendi is taking a controlling stake in Activision in a deal intended to create the world’s largest pure-play video game publisher. Under the terms of the agreement, Vivendi Games will be merged with a wholly owned …

LONDON, December 3: According to ZenithOptimedia, global ad expenditure will grow 6.7 percent in 2008, up from 5.3 percent in 2007, thanks to the Olympic Games, elections in the U.S. and European football. The housing downturn and credit squeeze will …

December 2007 By CONTACT _Con-3F4A1850B c s l Mansha Daswani In the last few years, Dori Media Group has emerged as a significant force in the telenovela business. The company, headquartered in Israel, has been busy doing finished-program and format …

December 2007 With its parent company based in Japan, Sony Pictures Entertainment was an early mover in Asia, launching the Hindi-language SET brand in India and rolling out the AXN action-adventure channel, among other networks, in addition to selling its …

October 2007 By Mansha Daswani The peer-to-peer global broadband platform Babelgum created quite a bit of buzz when it launched earlier this year, announcing a deal with the acclaimed director Spike Lee, who used the service to broadcast his previously …

October 2007 It is no secret that the reality genre has changed the rules of television and certainly democratized the medium. It’s no longer just professional writers, producers and actors who work in television; now ordinary people not only participate …

World Screen Weekly, November 29, 2007 Co-Creator and Executive Producer The Amazing Race The long-running competition-reality series The Amazing Race returned to CBS’s schedule at the beginning of this month, filling a slot vacated by the axed Viva Laughlin. And …

World Screen Weekly, November 29, 2007 LAUNCH DATE: 1994 COUNTRIES: Twenty-four countries in the Asia-Pacific region. OWNERSHIP: Discovery Channel in Asia is fully owned and operated by Discovery Communications, with the exception of Japan, where it is a joint venture …

TV Kids Weekly, November 27, 2007 ORIGIN: Breakthrough Animation was first introduced to the property in the summer of 2006 by the Brazilian company 2D Lab. DISTRIBUTOR: Breakthrough Entertainment holds worldwide distribution rights to My Big Big Friend. CREATORS: The …

LONDON, November 30: Entertainment Rights (ER) has named Adam Selly to the newly created position of head of sales, excluding the U.S. Canada and Japan. Selly will be responsible for generating and maximizing revenue across the ER group’s television and …