World Screen

SYDNEY, May 29: Australia’s Publishing & Broadcasting Limited (PBL) is in talks to offload 25 percent of its television and print assets to buyout firm CVC Asia Pacific. The move comes just six months after PBL transferred those assets, including …

BURBANK, May 29: Walt Disney Pictures' Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, from Jerry Bruckheimer Films, had the biggest opening in movie industry history over the weekend, taking in $401 million in its first six days of release. The …

World Screen Weekly, May 24, 2007 General Manager Basic Lead As DISCOP marks its 15th anniversary this year, Patrick Jucaud, the general manager of Basic Lead—the company that organizes DISCOP—and his team are planning new events for the participants attending …

World Screen Weekly, May 24, 2007 COUNTRY: Canada LAUNCH DATE: September 1988 NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS: VisionTV is distributed across Canada on basic cable and is available in 7.8 million households. OWNERSHIP: S-VOX, a Canadian multimedia company that offers television and …

SANTA MONICA, May 25: Jean Wiegman has been named as VP of production at GSN, reporting to Jamie Roberts, the senior VP of programming at the channel. In her new role, Wiegman supervises all aspects of physical production of series …

NEW YORK, May 25: Gameloft, a leading publisher and developer of video games for mobile phones, has announced that a game based on the hit ABC series Lost is now available for purchase at the iTunes Store for $4.99. In …

MONTREAL, May 25: Just For Laughs has reached a deal to launch a channel on the Internet TV platform Joost. The Just For Laughs channel on Joost will feature a variety of titles that include Just For Laughs Gags, a …

HOLLYWOOD, May 25: BET Networks, a division of Viacom, has partnered with Paramount Home Entertainment for the launch of a home entertainment division—BET Home Entertainment. Paramount Home Entertainment will distribute BET original television programming, made-for-DVD titles and acquired content on …

LONDON, May 25: Distraction has secured new deals in Romania and France for the game show format Guess Who (Cultura Moderna), from Italy’s Mediaset. Distraction has licensed Guess Who to Romanian broadcaster Antenna 1, for premiere on September 1 in …

MIAMI, May 25: Next month, Nickelodeon Brazil is set to launch Nickers, a new magazine-style program aimed at children aged 7 to 15. Nickers will premiere on Nickelodeon Brazil on Monday, June 4, and will air Monday through Friday from …