World Screen

PARIS, March 9: For its annual Tokyo Showcase this year, taking place at the ANA Hotel from March 13 to 16, TV France International is joining forces with the Unifrance film market organized for the Tokyo French Film Festival. Forty-two …

LONDON, March 9: Mexican DVD distributor En Pantalla has taken on the rights to distribute factual titles from BBC Worldwide in Mexico and Central America, via a two-year output deal. The deal will enable En Pantalla to release a minimum …

NEW YORK/LONDON, March 9: The William Morris Agency has entered into an alliance with the Internet TV specialist Narrowstep to develop online television channels. “The rise of consumer power and choice in video is similar to the one I saw …

SALERNO, March 9: Cartoons on the Bay has announced that 162 programs from 30 countries have been chosen as official selections for this year’s festival, taking place April 19 to 22 in Salerno, Italy. The shows come from the U.S., …

SEATTLE, March 9: Canada’s CHUM Television has agreed to make some of its content available for streaming on U.S.-based broadband network ReelTime.com, including up to 350 hours of original programming from CHUM’s SexTV: The Channel. This is the first such …

NEW YORK, March 9: DIRECTV has reached a deal with Major League Baseball (MLB) that includes the launch of the MLB Channel, which the platform will own a minority stake in, as part of its basic package. DIRECTV will work …

HILVERSUM/MADRID, March 9: After months of speculation, Telefónica has finally confirmed its intention to sell part or all of its 75 percent majority stake in Endemol. The Spanish telecommunications giant said today that it is “exploring strategic alternatives” in relation …

LUXEMBOURG, March 9: Net revenues at SBS Broadcasting for 2006 were up by 14 percent to 1 billion euros, the company announced today, delivering an EBITDA of 207 million euros, a 43 percent gain on 2005. Commercial TV accounted for …

World Screen Weekly, March 1, 2007 President and COO Oxygen As a corporate lawyer who founded a law practice with six partners back in 1986, Lisa Gersh’s transition from the world of corporate law to the cable television business wasn’t …

World Screen Weekly, March 1, 2007 CHANNEL: Bravo COUNTRY: U.K. LAUNCH DATE: 1985 NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS: More than 20 million across the U.K. OWNERSHIP: Virgin Media Television, a division of Virgin Media (formerly NTL) that operates a portfolio of channel …