World Screen

PARIS, February 1: The M6 Group has reported a 15.5 percent increase in fourth quarter revenues and an 18.8 percent gain in full-year revenues. For the quarter, revenues were 360.5 million euros, with M6 channel advertising up 4.2 percent to …

PHILADELPHIA, February 1: Comcast Corporation’s chairman and CEO, Brian Roberts, says 2006 was the company’s “best year ever,” with fourth quarter profits tripling to $390 million and year-end profit more than doubling from $928 million to $2.5 billion. "Powered by …

BOSTON, February 1: Thomas Menino, the Mayor of Boston, has said that the city is prepared to take legal action against Turner Broadcasting System over the Cartoon Network marketing ploy that was mistaken for a bomb threat yesterday. The city …

LOS ANGELES, January 31: The Africa Channel has promoted Shirley Neal to the newly created position of executive VP of programming and production. Neal, who has been VP of production and development at the channel since June 2005, will begin …

TORONTO/LONDON, January 31: DECODE Entertainment has secured Penguin Group (USA) and Simon & Schuster as the North American publishing partners for the preschool series Franny’s Feet, airing in the U.S. on PBS. Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Young …

HARRINGTON PARK, January 31: Janson Media is rolling out Chronos, the first non-verbal, non-fiction motion picture shot entirely in time-lapse photography, to the international DVD market, making the special available on both the HD-DVD and Blu-ray formats. Chronos is presented …

LONDON, January 31: Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has acquired the digital distribution rights for Artificial Eye’s films, with plans to make the titles available in the U.K. and Ireland for download-to-rent and download-to-own through its online distribution channels. Under the …

PARIS, January 31: Dargaud Distribution has relaunched as Mediatoon International Distribution, representing the Dargaud Marina, Ellipsanime, Dupuis and Storimages catalogues. Mediatoon International Distribution is a division of Mediatoon, the new outfit set up by the Media Participations group to oversee …

MIAMI, January 31: Zeal Television and Animus Entertainment Group have inked a deal for Concierto Clandestino, two two-hour reality-based music specials for Telemundo. Concierto Clandestino, currently in production at Zeal’s Miami office, follows the trials and tribulations of young promoters …

SAN JOSE, January 31: The NFL will make video highlights of the Super Bowl available the day after the event for download through Apple’s iTunes Store for $1.99 each. According to the Associated Press, the downloads will be available in …