World Screen

HILVERSUM, February 22: Driven by strong gains in its American and British operations, Endemol has reported 2006 revenues of 1.12 billion euros, a change of 24.1 percent from 2005, with net profit increasing by 17.3 percent to 101.3 million euros. …

MUNICH, February 22: ProSiebenSat.1 Group, which today announced its acquisition of the German online shopping resource Solute, has reported 2006 revenues of 2.1 billion euros, a 6-percent gain on 2005, with profits up 9 percent to 240.7 million euros. “The …

LONDON, February 22: Time Warner is number one on ZenithOptimedia’s new ranking of the top 30 global media owners, followed by News Corporation in the number two spot. The top 30 companies collectively generated $215 billion in media revenues. The …

SAN FRANCISCO, February 22: Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google, told Reuters yesterday that YouTube is “committed to” implementing anti-piracy technologies “very soon.” The news comes amid reports that negotiations have broken down between CBS Corporation and YouTube over adding …

LOS ANGELES, February 21: The gay and lesbian-targeted premium network here! has appointed Cory Sher as its director of distribution and marketing. In his position, Sher will report to Maria Dwyer, here!’s senior VP of distribution sales and marketing. He …

LONDON, February 21: Hannah Barnes, currently the managing editor of Sky One, Two and Three, is joining Five as the director of programming for the digital channels Five Life and Five US. Barnes will oversee the two digital channels, which …

NEW YORK, February 21: Lion Television USA has received an 80-episode order from Discovery Channel for the Cash Cab game show. Hosted by comedian Ben Bailey, each half-hour episode of Cash Cab features unsuspecting commuters who step inside a seemingly …

LONDON, February 21: 3DD Group has launched a new digital division, 3DD Digital, in an attempt to ramp up its activities on the development and acquisition of new media rights. The company has also bolstered this move with the appointment …

LOS ANGELES, February 21: The new Merv Griffin game show, Let’s Play Crosswords, has been cleared for a fall launch as a syndicated strip by NBC-owned stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and Dallas. From Merv Griffin …

LONDON/NEW YORK, February 21: BKN International has tapped Digital Music Group (DMGI) to handle the North American digital rights for its current and upcoming films and series, and has aligned with The Game Factory for a PSP video game based …