World Screen

April 2007 By Anna Carugati Steven Levy is a senior editor and the writer of “The Technologist” column at Newsweek. He’s spent his entire career chronicling the digital revolution, which he believes is the biggest story of our time. On …

April 2007 By Anna Carugati As the president and CEO of the Modern Times Group (MTG), Hans-Holger Albrecht sits at the helm of the top free-TV and pay-TV operator in Scandinavia and the Baltics and the biggest shareholder in Russia’s …

April 2007 The big guns in the kids’ business certainly have the financial and distribution prowess to launch successful brands, but some of the most popular shows come from smaller companies. By Bill Dunlap It seems fitting somehow that there …

TV Kids Weekly, July 10, 2007 ORIGIN: An original entertainment property, Viva Piñata is a vibrant world of living piñ¡´¡ animals that is designed to capture and inspire the imagination of people of all ages. 4Kids Entertainment, Microsoft and Rare …

President Sling Media Entertainment Group In November 2006, Sling Media announced that it had hired MTV Networks’ former chief digital officer, Jason Hirschhorn, as the president of its newly formed Sling Media Entertainment Group. The news made quite a few …

World Screen Weekly, July 12, 2007 COUNTRY: U.S.A. LAUNCH DATE: August 5, 2001 NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS: 83 million through cable and satellite operators OWNERSHIP: Owned and operated by Crown Media Holdings, Inc. DESCRIPTION: The 24-hour basic cable network delivers series, …

LONDON, July 13: The new global Internet TV platform Babelgum has reached an agreement to air programming from the new U.K.-based anime channel GONG. Babelgum users will now be able to access anime titles from GONG, encompassing genres such as …

SINGAPORE, July 13: London-based brand agency English & Pockett (E&P) has opened its first regional office outside of the U.K. in Singapore, with Debbie Lee tapped to head up the Asia-Pacific operations as business development director. The move is aimed …

TORONTO, July 13: Portfolio Entertainment has acquired the worldwide distribution rights, excluding Canada, to the high-definition lifestyle series Cowboy Country Television from Cowboy Country Productions. The acquisition was made at this year’s Banff World Television Festival. The first three seasons, …

MUNICH, July 13: Bavaria Media Television has announced new broadcast deals in Eastern Europe for its telenovela Storm Of Love, which has now been sold into 14 territories. Bavaria Media Television has concluded new deals with Vizion Plus in Albania, …