February 14, 2007
NEW YORK, February 14: Defiance Distribution has secured the exclusive international distribution rights to Fuqua Films’ 97-minute documentary on L.A. street gangs, Bastards of the Party, which premiered on HBO in the U.S. this month. Defiance will handle television, video, …
February 14, 2007
LOS ANGELES, February 14: RichCrest Animation, the U.S.-based production arm of the Indian CGI animation outfit Crest Animation Studios, is changing its name and expanding its business to become a full-service animation studio specializing in the development and production of …
February 14, 2007
NEW YORK, February 14: CCI Entertainment is teaming with SEVEN24 Films (formerly Alberta Filmworks) to develop, produce and distribute new children’s television series and family movies over the next three years. The two companies previously collaborated on 15 episodes of …
February 14, 2007
SANTA MONICA, February 14: Boosted by the success of its late-night Participation TV show Playmania, GSN has launched a programming block of the same name that will now incorporate two separate live interactive shows. The new Playmania programming block will …
February 14, 2007
LONDON, February 14: Marc Conneely, the chief executive of Wedding TV, which recently launched on BSkyB in the U.K., tells World Screen Newsflash about the channel’s programming strategy and expansion plans, with rollouts slated for Russia, Poland and Romania by …
February 14, 2007
NEW YORK, February 14: Viacom subsidiaries VH1 and BET are partnering on a one-hour pilot for the ensemble drama Wifey, set in the world of hip hop, which, if greenlit, would premiere simultaneously on both networks. Written and executive produced …
February 14, 2007
LOS ANGELES, February 14: The arts network Ovation TV has secured carriage on DIRECTV, nearly tripling its subscriber base. The deal comes about six months since the cable network was acquired by a consortium led by Hubbard Media Group as …
February 14, 2007
NEW YORK, February 14: DIRECTV and The Nielsen Company are working together to develop a new system for measuring the usage of interactive television services. Nielsen will use aggregated and anonymous clickstream data from a new television measurement panel of …
February 14, 2007
MUNICH, February 14: Georg Kofler, the chief executive of Premiere, has sold more than 11.3 million shares in the German platform, wire reports indicate, representing about 12 percent of the company. According to the Associated Press, Kofler sold the shares …
February 13, 2007
BURBANK, February 13: Marc Gareton, formerly senior VP of business decision support for Warner Bros. Home Video, has been promoted to the senior VP of international, Europe, at Warner Bros. Digital Distribution. In this newly created post, Gareton, based in …