World Screen

NEW YORK, June 15: ABC dominated the North American competition at the Promax/BDA 2007 Promotion and Marketing Awards last night, while BSkyB picked up the most Gold awards among the World Gold contenders. The awards ceremony, which took place at …

UNIVERSAL CITY, June 15: NBC Universal Television Studio, under NBC Entertainment’s new co-chairman Ben Silverman and Marc Graboff, is being renamed Universal Media Studios, in line with the division’s mission to be a content provider for TV as well as …

LONDON, June 15: British media regulator Ofcom is considering the long-term options for Channel 4, noting that the broadcaster’s funding model “is likely to become unsustainable.” In a statement, Ofcom said that there was “no evidence of immediate insurmountable pressures …

NEW YORK, June 15: NBC Universal’s president and CEO, Jeff Zucker, said yesterday that the company is expecting $4 billion in upfront advertising revenues for the 2007-2008 season, up from last year’s $3.9 billion. NBC, which has struggled to come …

LONDON, June 14: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has promoted Juan Maria Romeu to senior VP and general manager of SPTI Networks Iberia, reporting to Ross Hair, the senior VP of international networks at SPTI. In his new role, Romeu …

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS/EMERYVILLE, June 14: NBC Universal has reached a deal to launch NBC Sports Mobile on the mobile content provider MobiTV, kicking off today with live coverage of the 2007 U.S. Open Golf tee-off with Tiger Woods. NBC Sports Mobile …

CULVER CITY, June 14: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has launched Animax Mobile, a mobile version of its global Japanese anime television channel, in Canada and Australia. Animax Mobile will be available on Bell Mobility in Canada and 3 Mobile …

LONDON, June 14: Darlow Smithson Productions has been commissioned to produce for Channel 4 The Real Phil Spector, a one-hour documentary about the legendary pop music producer who is on trial for murder. Set against the backdrop of Spector’s trial …

UNTERFOEHRING, June 14: In advance of DISCOP, EM.Entertainment has licensed a range of children’s programming to Eastern and Southeastern territories for broadcast on free- and pay-TV and for home entertainment release. EM.Entertainment has licensed the edutainment series VIPO to Hagi …

LONDON, June 14: In an exclusive development deal, the U.K.-based Channel X has granted FremantleMedia Enterprises the first option on all of its scripted comedy programming, with rights across a number of platforms. The deal will grant FME first option …