World Screen

LONDON, July 9: Cable & Wireless has signed a £70 million, five-year deal to deliver Inuk Networks’ converged IPTV, VoIP and broadband-access services nationwide across the U.K. Currently, Inuk offers triple-play services to British students in collaboration with JANET, the …

LONDON, July 9: The BBC’s Saving Planet Earth stunt, which on Friday included a live fundraiser on BBC One, has brought in more than £1 million for the BBC Wildlife Fund charitable organization. More than 20 million viewers tuned in …

MAINZ, July 9: ZDF Enterprises has secured a 50-percent stake in German production outfit Bavaria Fernsehproduktion from Bavaria Film. Terms of the deal were not announced, with ZDF noting only that it shelled out “several million euros” for a stake …

NEW YORK, July 9: Rick Cotton, the executive VP and general counsel of NBC Universal, will serve as the Gala Chair for the 35th International Emmy Awards, taking place November 19 in New York City. The announcement was made by …

NEW YORK, July 9: Board members of Dow Jones & Company are seeking alternatives to News Corporation’s $5-billion bid, according to the New York Times, on the heels of numerous reports this weekend that indicated the deal had been sealed. …

TV Kids Weekly, July 3, 2007 ORIGIN: In 1983, the popular German music artist Peter Maffay created a loveable green dragon called Tabaluga. Since the launch of the first concept music album Tabaluga oder die Reise zur Vernunft in conjunction …

World Screen Weekly, July 5, 2007 Jeffrey Conrad Senior VP, Creative Studios American Greetings Properties American Greetings Properties (AGP) is a fairly new face on the kids’ programming block. Jeffrey Conrad, the senior VP of the company’s creative studios, recalls …

World Screen Weekly, July 5, 2007 COUNTRY: 36 countries across Europe and North America LAUNCH DATE: December 2006 OWNERSHIP: Privately funded and managed by Benoit Runel, André de Semlyen and Simon Huntley DISTRIBUTION: Broadband VOD in France on Club Internet …

SANTA BARBARA, July 6: Patricia Ryan has been named executive VP of sales at Foothill Entertainment after having spent a year as a consultant to the company. “We are thrilled to have Pat in this new role,” said Foothill’s president, …

LONDON, July 6: Outright Distribution has inked a representation deal with Danish independent Easy Film and has expanded is alliance with the Irish outfit Vision Independent Productions (VIP). The properties involved in the Easy Film deal include Off The Beaten …