World Screen

BOSTON, February 6: Turner Broadcasting System and the New York-based marketing firm Interference will shell out a total of $2 million to cover the costs of the bomb scare in Boston caused by a Cartoon Network marketing ploy. According to …

FAIRFIELD/NEW YORK, February 6: General Electric Company today confirmed Jeff Zucker’s immediate appointment as president and CEO of NBC Universal, succeeding Bob Wright, who has served as chairman and CEO for 21 years. Wright will continue to serve as a …

LONDON, February 5: Buena Vista International Television has appointed two new members to its London-based Europe, Middle East and Africa TV sales team: Dayna Donaldson and Simon Barwick. Donaldson, as sales director for the Nordic region, will be responsible for …

NEW YORK, February 5: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has tapped John Burman, the former international general manager at The Hollywood Reporter, as its new director of development. Based at the International Academy’s New York headquarters, Burman …

HONG KONG, February 5: Hong Kong-based Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has agreed to distribute California-based Trinity Broadcasting Network’s (TBN) group of religious channels throughout the Asia-Pacific region via the Southern Ku-band beam of the ABS-1 satellite. TBN’s group of channels …

NEW YORK, February 5: Rainbow Media today announced several deals concluded by Brighton-based independent distributor Electric Sky on IFC’s 2007 Independent Spirit Awards, which take place February 24. Broadcasters on board include NonStop Television’s entertainment channel Star! (available in Sweden, …

LONDON, February 5: Sky News has appointed National Geographic Channel Europe as its third-party distribution agent for Central and Eastern Europe, effective immediately. The partnership comes three years after NGC Europe was appointed Sky News’ exclusive international advertising sales partner. …

LOS ANGELES, February 5: The 24-hour French-language channel TV5Monde USA has acquired the exclusive U.S. rights to air a live broadcast of the 32nd Annual César Awards on February 24. The Oscar-nominated film Days of Glory (Indigènes), leads with nine …

MUNICH/LONDON, February 5: TV-Loonland has secured a string of broadcast and home entertainment sales on its 65×11-minute preschool show Little Princess. On the broadcast end, MBC in the Middle East and Singapore’s TV12 have opted for seasons one and two. …

DUBLIN, February 5: Less than a year since its launch, Channel 6 Ireland has secured total national distribution, adding Sky to its existing carriage partners, Chorus and ntl. “Our launch on Sky only serves to highlight the continuing success of …