World Screen

LAS VEGAS, January 10: CBS Corporation’s president and CEO, Leslie Moonves, touted the company’s digital strategy with his keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show, during which he also announced new alliances with YouTube and Sling Media. "There's no such thing …

TORONTO, January 10: CanWest Global Communications Corp. and GS Capital Partners, a private equity affiliate of Goldman, Sachs & Co., today announced a deal to acquire Alliance Atlantis Communications for C$2.3 billion ($1.96 billion). CBS will take over international distribution …

NEW YORK, January 9: Henry Ahn has been promoted to executive VP at NBC Universal Television Networks Distribution, reporting to Bridget Baker, the division’s president. Ahn will be responsible for all sales and sales support for NBCU’s television content to …

SILVER SPRING, January 9: Discovery Networks International has appointed Phillip Luff as senior VP and general manager of Animal Planet International, beginning January 29. Luff, who will lead the global Animal Planet team from London, will manage all aspects of …

NORWALK, January 9: CABLEready has concluded deals on a range of factual properties with the Latin American networks Universal Channel, Infinito and TNT Latin America. Universal Channel picked up over 60 episodes of the true-crime series Medical Detectives. Infinito opted …

LONDON, January 9: Granada International has sold the brand new television drama Dracula to the Romanian broadcaster Pro TV. The 90-minute drama, directed by Bill Eagles (CSI, Cold Case) will air in Romania early this year. Part of BBC One’s …

LOS ANGELES, January 9: Bennett Media Worldwide has licensed its popular male-oriented series, Bikini Destinations, to Playboy One in the U.K., and has reached a deal for a range of its content to join the Xbox lineup in the U.S. …

NEW YORK, January 9: Viacom-owned Comedy Central has launched 11 new original broadband shows on its website, comedycentral.com, expanding its current roster to include more than 25 original web productions. The group of new broadband shows include The Watch List, …

WOODLAND HILLS, January 9: GD Multimedia, a recently launched U.S.-based distribution company, will participate at NATPE for the first time with Going Wild, a brand new animated children’s series produced by the Japanese animation studio Tokyo Kids. Going Wild is …

PARIS, January 9: Xilam has signed a slate of licensing deals in France for action comedy series Shuriken School, currently airing on France 3. The 26×30-minute show, co-produced with Spain’s Zinkia Entertainment, launched on France 3 in July 2006 and …