World Screen

LONDON, October 29: BSkyB has announced that its broadband service, Sky Broadband, has secured one million customers, less than 14 months after its launch. Sky is now the U.K.'s fastest-growing broadband provider, based on figures for the twelve months to …

REGINA, October 29: The winners of the 22nd annual Gemini Awards in Canada were unveiled last night at a gala that aired on CBC Television, with the third season of Rhombus Media’s Slings & Arrows picking up four awards, including …

November 2007 A funny thing happened on the way to salvation. For years the booming DVD market has been hailed as the savior of a Hollywood whose bottom line has been besieged by spiraling production costs and—more recently—as a cash-generating …

November 2007 United Artists (UA) was founded in 1919 by Hollywood legends Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and D. W. Griffith. Their aim was to encourage and support directors, writers, actors and producers and allow them to pursue their …

November 2007 By CONTACT _Con-3F4A1850B c s l Mansha Daswani In the run-up to this year’s fall season, one of the most buzzed about shows was NBC’s new Bionic Woman. The casting of British actress Michelle Ryan in the lead …

TV Kids Weekly, October 23, 2007 ORIGIN: Based on an original idea by Cathy Moss and Susan Nielsen. “They came in one day and pitched a simple idea that a little girl puts a pair of shoes on and that’s …

World Screen Weekly, October 25, 2007 President and COO Peace Arch Entertainment Group In a Canadian media industry marked by consolidation this year, the growth path of Peace Arch Entertainment Group has certainly caught people’s attention. A relative unknown outside …

World Screen Weekly, October 25, 2007   COUNTRY: The channel is available in 22 countries in total, including Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Canada, Portugal and Uruguay. YEAR IT LAUNCHED: 1994 NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS: More than 7 …

NEW YORK, October 26: Viacom's MTV Networks has upped Tina Imm to the role of senior VP and general manager for VH1 Digital and has promoted Tony Carbone and Deb Kadetsky to VP of digital production and programming and VP …

TORONTO, October 26: Breakthrough Films & Television has made three key promotions and has hired Alethea Robinson to the newly created role of manager of marketing and communications. Robinson will report to Peter Williamson, an executive producer/partner at Breakthrough, and …