World Screen

NEUILLY SUR SEINE, May 2: French broadcaster M6 has posted first quarter revenues of 338.6 million euros, a 9.7-percent increase on the same period a year ago. M6 posted advertising revenues of 165.9 million euros, up 8.7 percent, while revenues …

NEW YORK, May 2: The Dolan family has reached an agreement to take Cablevision Systems Corporation private for $36.26 per share. The price of $36.26 per share represents a 34 percent premium on the Dolan Family Group's initial $27.00 per …

LONDON, May 2: BSkyB is hailing the success of its triple-play “See, Speak, Surf” initiative for the nine months that ended March 31, 2007, with net customer growth of 51,000, a 28-percent gain on the year-ago period, bringing the platform’s …

NEW YORK, May 2: News Corporation, which is gearing up to launch its FOX Business Channel in the fourth quarter of this year, has confirmed that it has made a $5-billion offer to acquire the business and financial news provider …

NEW YORK, May 2: Time Warner’s profit for the first quarter of this year slipped 18 percent to $1.2 billion, despite a 9-percent gain in revenues to $11.2 billion. At AOL, revenues fell 25 percent to $1.5 billion, due to …

TV Kids Weekly, May 1, 2007 ORIGIN: The series is based on an original concept. CREATOR: Craig McCraken created Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends. He is also the creator of The Powerpuff Girls. TV SHOW: Foster’s is a 2-D animated …

LOS ANGELES, May 1: First Look Studios has appointed Dean Wilson, previously with Blockbuster Inc., as its COO, reporting to CEO Trevor Short and to Avi Lerner, the co-chairman of First Look Holdings, which acquired control of the studio earlier …

ARLINGTON, May 1: PBS has picked up the first season of the new one-hour weekly series Wired Science, produced by PBS affiliate KCET/Los Angeles in association with Wired Magazine, for premiere on October 3 in prime time. Wired Science is …

TORONTO, May 1: Canada’s Barna-Alper Productions has made a strategic investment in iThentic, an online and mobile video company. The size of Barna Alper’s investment was not disclosed. The venture—which will operate from Toronto as well as New York—is dedicated …

BURBANK, May 1: FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has inked a first-look deal with Wilmer Valderrama—who starred on the hit series That 70’s Show—and his company WV Enterprises (WVE), to develop and launch future scripted and unscripted projects on a global …