World Screen

May 2007 By Maria Teresa Alvarado Grupo Televisa is not only the market leader in free TV and pay TV in Mexico—it is also the largest producer of Spanish-language product in the world. It operates four free-TV channels that reach …

NEW YORK, May 21: Lightworks Producing Group (LPG), a division of Lightworks Enterprises, has acquired Kralyevich Productions, Inc. (KPI), an Emmy Award-winning producer of non-fiction and fiction series and specials for broadcasters such as A&E, National Geographic Channel, The History …

STOCKHOLM, May 21: Modern Times Group’s Viasat Broadcasting has launched a new pan-Scandinavian online video streaming site offering up on-demand access to movies, series and sports content. Located at www.viasatondemand.se, .dk and .no. Viasat OnDemand will provide streaming of a …

LONDON, May 21: The British Academy Television Awards were presented last night at a ceremony at the London Palladium, with the Pioneer Audience Award going to BBC’s Life on Mars, while the International award went to HBO’s Entourage. In the …

Media companies around the world are trying to come up with the right business plan for the new age of video content. April 2007 By Peter Caranicas What’s a multibillion-dollar media company to do? Everyone knows the world is changing. …

LONDON, May 21: Providence Equity Partners is said to be leading a consortium of private equity funds that is mulling a $15-billion bid for British quad-play provider Virgin Media. Private-equity interest in the firm, where Sir Richard Branson is the …

By Mansha Daswani April 2007 NBC has been able to regain some of its luster among the coveted 18-to-49 demographic this year, and much of that turnaround is due to Heroes, a show about a group of ordinary individuals who …

World Screen Weekly, May 18, 2007 Chairman and CEO Blueprint Entertainment Blueprint Entertainment has certainly come a long way since its humble beginnings five years ago as a two-person operation in Century City. Formed by former Alliance Atlantis executives John …

World Screen Weekly, May 18, 2007 COUNTRY: U.S. LAUNCH Date: January 8, 2007 OWNERSHIP: Majority ownership in Kabillion is held by Taffy Entertainment, a MoonScoop Group company. Other partners in the venture include Germany’s EM.TV and REMIX Entertainment. NUMBER OF …

LOS ANGELES, May 18: BabyFirstTV has tapped Jeffrey Quinn, previously with The Brainy Baby Company, as the senior VP of marketing, effective immediately, reporting to Sharon Rechter, the executive VP. Based in the company’s Los Angeles headquarters, Quinn will direct …