World Screen

LONDON, July 27: British Sky Broadcasting’s revenues for the year ended June 30, 2007, were up 10 percent to £4.55 billion, but the platform’s net profit dropped from £551 million to £499 million. The company hailed its subscriber gains, with …

LONDON, July 26: Anke Stoll has been appointed as the head of acquisitions and co-productions at Portman Film and Television, effective in September. In her new role, Stoll will join Chris Bartlett, Portman’s head of TV sales, and Neil Zeiger, …

LA PLAINE SAINT DENIS, July 26: AB International Distribution has unveiled two highlights for its MIPCOM slate: the 8×52-minute thriller The Avignon Prophecy and the 12×52-minute detective series The Rookies. The Avignon Prophecy will air on France 2 beginning in …

NEW YORK, July 26: KPI, a unit of Lightworks Producing Group (LPG), has been granted exclusive television access to document the newly discovered sunken Roman forts of Meols, on the north Wirral Coast off England, with diver and deep sea …

LONDON, July 26: In a two-year distribution deal, Belgian public broadcaster VRT will have an exclusive first look at Channel 4 International’s programming catalogue, and has agreed to acquire a minimum of 45 hours of programming each year for representation …

SINGAPORE, July 26: Asian content management company Six-Six-Eight (6-6-8) and preschool channel provider Zebra TV Channels have launched Luli, the 24/7 channel targeted at babies, in Singapore on SingTel’s new pay-TV platform MioTV. Luli is aimed at babies from a …

NEW YORK, July 26: Disney Channel’s High School Musical 2 will be made available on Verizon’s FiOS TV's video on demand library prior its worldwide premiere on August 17. Verizon also will launch a public sweepstakes in the Kids area …

MIAMI, July 26: Venevision International Films has reached a deal to distribute a large selection of Spanish-language movies through the digital video download service Amazon Unbox, starting today. Customers can access the Venevision titles through the new “Spanish Language" section …

SAN DIEGO/LOS ANGELES/BASKING RIDGE, July 26: ESPN, MediaFLO USA and Verizon Wireless have teamed up for the delivery of the first mobile TV channel dedicated to action sports, EXPN, on Verizon’s V CAST Mobile TV, complementing X Games coverage. EXPN …

SANTA MONICA, July 26: David Goldhill has been appointed as president and CEO of GSN, effective August 1, succeeding Rich Cronin, who previously announced his resignation. In his new post, Goldhill will be responsible for all aspects of GSN's business, …