World Screen

NEW YORK, November 7: In the third quarter, net revenues at Univision Communications were up 4.4 percent to $529.1 million. The results last year included $24.7 million in revenues from the 2006 World Cup; excluding that amount, the Hispanic broadcaster’s …

NEW YORK, November 7: According to Nielsen Monitor-Plus, total ad spending on Spanish-language media in the U.S. for the first half of 2007 reached $2.87 billion, a 2.3-percent increase over the same time period last year. While Spanish-language network TV …

LONDON, November 7: Virgin Media has recorded a third-quarter loss of £61 million, 36 percent down from last year’s loss of £96.1 million, thanks to a net 13,000 gain in cable customers, as compared with the 70,300 customers lost in …

EL SEGUNDO, November 7: For the third quarter, DIRECTV has reported revenues of $4.33 billion, an 18-percent gain on the same period last year, although net profit at the DTH operator fell 14 percent to $319 million. At DIRECTV U.S., …

LONDON, November 7: In a submission to the Competition Commission, ITV has said that BSkyB should be made to sell its 17.9-percent stake in the British commercial broadcaster. Sky acquired the stake last November and has come under pressure from …

NEW YORK, November 7: While revenues were up 9 percent to $11.7 billion at Time Warner for the third quarter, led by the cable, networks and filmed entertainment segments, profit fell 53 percent to $1.1 billion. At AOL, revenues were …

NEW YORK, November 6: Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group has promoted two executives: Stacey Kaufman to VP of digital marketing and Tony Zito to VP of The N Online. Both Kaufman and Zito will report to Steve Youngwood, the executive …

WASHINGTON, November 6: National Geographic Global Media (NGGM) has appointed Edward M. (Ted) Prince to the newly created role of executive VP of operations. NGGM is a new group that combines all of National Geographic’s consumer-media assets. In the new …

MIAMI, November 6: MTV Networks Latin America has made three new appointments and two promotions as part of a continued restructuring of its creative team for VH1 and MTV. The announcement was made by José Tillán, who was recently promoted …

PALISADES PARK, November 6: Alfred Haber Distribution, Inc. (AHDI) has completed new international broadcast sales for the 2007 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. The one-hour special has been licensed to Televisa in Mexico, CanWest Global in Canada, Network Ten in Australia, …