World Screen

STOCKHOLM/LONDON, August 28: Zodiak Television has announced plans to acquire the British production and distribution firm Bullseye TV, which will take on the rights to Zodiak Television World’s assets, moving the Scandinavian company’s distribution activities from Copenhagen to London. The …

LUXEMBOURG, August 28: The RTL Group’s revenues for the first half of this year rose 1.3 percent to 2.9 billion euros, with profit up just 0.8 percent to 358 million euros and a half-year EBITA of 515 million euros, a …

LONDON, August 28: NBC Universal has confirmed its acquisition of Sparrowhawk Media, owner of the Hallmark Channels outside of the U.S., from Providence Equity Partners, 3i and management shareholders. The deal gives NBC Universal control of 18 feeds of international …

BRUSSELS, August 27: CDC United Network, which specializes in distributing content to the Latin American market, has named Erik Jensen as its new managing director, succeeding Sebastian Lami Dozo. After nine years with the company, Sebastian Dozo will be leaving …

BURBANK, August 27: Nickelodeon has tapped veteran production and development executive Tracy Katsky as its new senior VP of development and original programming. In this newly created position, Katsky will oversee all of Nickelodeon’s ongoing live-action and animated program development …

STOCKHOLM, August 27: Silverback, formerly Talpa Scandinavia, has received a commission for its new musical talent format West End Star from TV3 in Sweden, which plans to air the series this fall. The format, spanning nine episodes, will be produced …

MONTREAL, August 27: Cineflix Productions has announced more than 50 new hours of original productions for broadcasters in the U.K., Canada and the U.S. Returning series green-lit for production include a second season of the 10×1-hour docudrama True CSI, for …

SYDNEY, August 27: ITV3 has picked up the complete catalogue of 19 TV movies and the recently filmed U.S. TV movie of the crime franchise Wire In The Blood from distributor Southern Star International. The acquisition comes on the heels …

BURBANK, August 27: An extended edition of High School Musical 2, the most watched cable telecast of all time, will be released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on DVD and Blu-ray HD on December 11 with behind-the-scenes extras and …

WEST PALM BEACH, August 27: ION Media Networks has announced a variety of on- and off-air advertising, programming and media initiatives for its digital networks qubo and ION Life that are aimed at reducing the rates of childhood obesity in …