World Screen

BRUSSELS, December 13: The European Parliament has backed a proposed update to the Television without Frontiers directive, which includes lifting the ban on product placement. The Parliament said today that product placement should soon be legal across the EU, subject …

NEW YORK, December 13: Jeffrey Immelt, the chairman and CEO of General Electric, expects NBC Universal’s profit to rise by 5 percent next year, according to a Bloomberg report. In a meeting with shareholders, Immelt said that NBC Universal remained …

OTTAWA, December 12: France Vision Services has licensed additional episodes of Amberwood Productions’ The Secret World of Benjamin Bear for broadcast on Air France flights. Jonathan Wiseman, the VP of sales and acquisitions at Amberwood, commented, “Benjamin Bear continues to …

BUENOS AIRES, December 12: Telefe International secured interest in several of its key properties, including Montecristo, at the recent Asia TV Forum. Montecristo, a telenovela produced by Telefe Contenidos and starring Pablo Echarri, Paola Krum and Joaquín Furriel, has been …

LOS ANGELES, December 12: Next month, Playboy TV in the U.S. will premiere Naked Happy Girls, a 13×30-minute documentary series that follows erotic photojournalist Andrew Einhorn as he convinces women in New York City to pose nude for him. The …

BURBANK, December 12: Warner Home Video (WHV) and 2entertain Video (2EV) have entered into a new distribution agreement to deliver home entertainment programming from the BBC and other content providers to retailers within the U.S. and Canada. WHV will serve …

SINGAPORE, December 12: FremantleMedia Enterprises has closed deals with broadcasters in Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines following its participation at the Asia TV Forum in Singapore. ABS-CBN in the Philippines opted for a raft of Jamie Oliver programming for …

PARIS/LUXEMBOURG, December 12: LUXE.TV, a cable network focused on “the world of luxury”, has tapped Lagardere Networks International to represent its HD and SD feeds in Central and Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal, Israel and Africa. The channel joins a …

RIO DE JANEIRO, December 12: Fashion TV has reached a deal with Globo TV International to offer its international viewers coverage of the 2007 Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro. Fashion TV, available in more than 200 markets in five continents, …

HILVERSUM, December 12: Ed Louwerse is leaving his post as director of international sales at Endemol International to become managing director of 2waytraffic International, effective February 1. Louwerse will be responsible for the global exploitation of the 2waytraffic catalogue of …