World Screen

LUXEMBOURG, March 8: RTL Group has recorded a 2006 profit of 1.11 billion euros, an 80.4 percent gain on its prior-year results, on revenues of 5.64 billion euros, a 10.3 percent increase on 2005. “2006 was a very satisfying year …

World Screen Weekly, March 8, 2007 CHANNEL: Hop! COUNTRY: Israel LAUNCH DATE: February 2000 NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS: The cable channel reaches 1.4 million homes in Israel. It is also available in Romania as Boom Hop! and as a daily block …

STUDIO CITY, March 7: Carsey-Werner Television Distribution has tapped Rolando Figueroa as its new VP of international sales for the Latin American and Caribbean region. In his new role, Figueroa will be responsible for sales in the region of Carsey-Werner …

ROME, March 7: FBC has taken on the exclusive international distribution rights to the award-winning documentary Nobelity, which looks at the future of the planet through the eyes of nine Nobel Prize winners, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu and noted economist …

LONDON, March 7: Outright Distribution, formerly Screentime Partners, has clinched new deals on four titles from fellow Shed Group-owned Ricochet. Outright has licensed the 4×1-hour series 20 Ways to XYZ in Australia; Alliance Atlantis for BBC Canada and HGTV in …

LOS ANGELES, March 7: Program Partners has cleared the award-winning teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation in over 70 percent of the U.S. for a fall syndication launch. The drama has recently been added to affiliates in Tampa, Minneapolis, Cleveland, …

BUENOS AIRES, March 7: Dori Media Group has licensed the format rights to its novelas The Shelter (El Refugio) and You are the One (Sos Mi Vida) to Portugal’s TVI. The deal builds on Dori’s successes in the last six …

HONG KONG, March 7: BabyTV has launched its 24-hour channel in Hong Kong on PCCW’s now Broadband TV platform. BabyTV will be available exclusively as a subscription channel on now, offering parents in Hong Kong a service to enjoy with …

LONDON, March 7: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has announced two U.S. deals on its controversial 90-minute documentary 638 Ways to Kill Castro: a broadcast slot with Sundance Channel and a DVD rollout via BCI. BCI has secured the exclusive DVD distribution …

LONDON, March 7: BBC Worldwide has reached a deal with Wanda Films in Spain to co-produce Earth’s Great Events, a new six-part series on global climactic phenomena from the BBC Natural History Unit. The deal marks BBC’s first co-production deal …