World Screen

NEW YORK, August 27: Hearst Corporation is making an offer to acquire the public minority stake in the Hearst-Argyle Television stations group that it doesn’t already own for $23.50 per share. The cash offer price represents a premium of approximately …

NEW YORK, August 27: The Nielsen Company has announced that beginning today, it will produce all national ratings for Spanish-language television through its National People Meter (NPM) panel, the same sample that it uses to produce ratings for English-language networks. …

LOS ANGELES, August 27: Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of Comedy Central’s hit animated series South Park, have concluded a new deal with the cable channel that extends the run of the show, creates a new digital animation …

LONDON/NEW YORK, August 27: Press reports indicate that NBC Universal is close to clinching a deal to acquire Sparrowhawk Media, which operates the Hallmark Channels outside of the U.S., for about $350 million. Sparrowhawk is owned by private equity firms …

April 2007 STAR launched in 1991 with just five channels, but today it’s the giant of the Asian cable and satellite industry, with a portfolio of entertainment, news, music and sports networks that collectively reach more than 300 million viewers …

June 2007 Through its varied subsidiaries, Dori Media Group (DMG) produces novelas in Latin America and in Israel and distributes them in more than 50 countries around the world. It owns and operates TV channels dedicated to novelas in Israel …

TV Kids Weekly, August 21, 2007 ORIGIN: WordGirl is based on an original concept by Dorothea Gillim. A former fifth-grade teacher, Gillim is now a producer with Scholastic Media’s animation production studio, Soup2Nuts. Gillim wanted to make literacy and eloquence …

World Screen Weekly, August 23, 2007 COUNTRY: United Kingdom LAUNCH DATE: 1989 OWNERSHIP: British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) DISTRIBUTION: 8.5 million subscribers DESCRIPTION: Sky One is satellite platform BSkyB’s flagship general-entertainment channel, directly competing with the British terrestrials with a mix …

World Screen Weekly, August 23, 2007 Director ABC’s Lost Director Jack Bender has worked on a number of hit dramas, including Felicity, Judging Amy, Beverly Hills, 90210, Alias and The Sopranos. It was while working on Felicity and then Alias …

HONG KONG, August 24: STAR has appointed Anthony Day as executive VP of strategy and development, a newly created position in which he will be responsible for expanding the group’s broadcasting activities and spearheading new opportunities. Based in Hong Kong, …