World Screen

NEW YORK, February 7: Viacom has said that it is looking into offloading Famous Music, one of the top 10 music publishing businesses in the U.S. Viacom has retained UBS Investment Bank to act as financial advisor to assist in …

NEW YORK, February 7: On his first day as president and CEO of NBC Universal, Jeff Zucker criticized YouTube, accusing the Google-owned file-sharing site of failing to adequately protect copyrighted material. “YouTube needs to prove that it will implement its …

EL SEGUNDO, February 7: The DIRECTV Group’s fourth quarter revenues increased 16 percent to $4.18 billion and net profit more than doubled to $356 million. “Fourth quarter results point to the continuing progress and operating strength at DIRECTV U.S. highlighted …

MUNICH, February 7: Germany’s Commission on Concentration in the Media (KEK) has cleared the purchase of ProSiebenSat.1 Media by the private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) and Permira. The greenlight from the German competition authorities follows yesterday’s …

NEW YORK, February 7: Despite revenue growth of 18 percent, News Corporation’s second quarter profits dropped 23.5 percent to $822 million from $1.08 billion last year, when the company recorded a one-time gain of $381 million. The company delivered consolidated …

TV Kids Weekly, February 6, 2007 NAME: Carl² (Carl Squared) ORIGIN: The series is based on an original idea. CREATORS: Lila Rose, Carolyn Hay and Eva Almos TV SHOW: Carl², an animated comedy for tweens, is about teen responsibility, teen …

TV Kids Weekly, January 30, 2007 NAME: Louie ORIGIN: The show is based on the illustrated books by Yves Got that have been a huge success worldwide and have been published in 22 countries. CREATORS: Louie was developed for television …

TV Kids Weekly, January 23, 2007 NAME: Being Ian ORIGIN: The show comes from an original idea loosely based on the creator’s life when he was growing up. CREATOR: Ian James Corlett TV SHOW: Being Ian is starting its fourth …

TV Kids Weekly, January 16, 2007 NAME: Shushybye Baby ORIGIN: Shushybye Baby is based on bedtime stories and original songs composed by the series’ creator, Steve Syatt, when his son was 3 years old—and had problems falling asleep at bedtime. …

TV Kids Weekly, January 9, 2007 NAME: Horseland ORIGIN: Horseland originated from the highly successful web community (2.4 million registered accounts) www.horseland.com, on which kids can interactively buy, sell, breed and train virtual horses, and compete with themselves and each …