World Screen

BURBANK, February 12: FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has inked a one-year first-look deal with best-selling fiction novelist Jackie Collins for the creation of new romantic television dramas based on her original ideas and existing novels. “This partnership is the perfect …

NEW YORK, February 12: CBS Corporation has launched RIOT, a new cross-platform sales unit offering advertisers multiple platforms: radio, Internet, outdoor and television. CBS RIOT will be offering advertisers the combined reach of CBS Radio's 147 stations, CBS Interactive's local …

SANTA MONICA/CUPERTINO, February 12: More than 150 movies from Lionsgate will now be available for purchase and download through Apple’s iTunes Store starting from today, including blockbuster films such as The Blair Witch Project, Dirty Dancing, Terminator 2 and Basic …

ATLANTA/ENGLEWOOD, February 12: Court TV is back on EchoStar Communications Corporation’s DISH Network, after Turner Broadcasting System pulled the service at the end of last year once negotiations between the two companies broke down. EchoStar did not reveal financial details …

NEW YORK, February 12: MTV Networks, a division of Viacom, is eliminating about 250 jobs at its U.S. operations in a bid to cut costs and redirect some of its resources into digital businesses. According to wire reports, Judy McGrath, …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER, February 12: Lionsgate’s third-quarter profits have soared from $3.1 million to $20.5 million on revenues of $254.5 million, an 11-percent increase on this period last year. "We are pleased that all of our core businesses made important contributions …

NEW YORK, February 12: Several major media companies, including News Corporation, Sony Corporation, NBC Universal, Time Warner and The Walt Disney Company, have accused Google of directing traffic to sites that offer illegal film downloads, the Wall Street Journal reported …

LOS ANGELES, February 12: The News Corporation-owned social networking site MySpace.com has launched a pilot program intended to prevent unauthorized copyrighted content from being posted to the site. The news comes amid increasing criticism of Google-owned YouTube, which has been …

World Screen Weekly, February 8, 2007 COUNTRY: U.S. OWNERSHIP: Oxygen Media NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS: More than 71 million subscribers in the U.S. LAUNCH DATE: February 2, 2000 DESCRIPTION: Oxygen is the only cable network owned and operated by women. It …

January 2007 By Anna Carugati Visit just about any toy store and chances are you’ll see a whole range of Nickelodeon-branded products, from Dora dollhouses to SpongeBob SquarePants video games to Blue’s Clues toys and books. Leigh Anne Brodsky, the …