World Screen

BURBANK, December 11: Joshua A. Berger has been promoted to president and managing director of Warner Bros. Entertainment United Kingdom and Ireland. Berger, who has been with the studio for almost two decades, will continue to oversee all aspects of …

LONDON, December 11: Setanta Sport Holdings has received 315 million euros in financing from Doughty Hanson & Co, Goldman Sachs International, Davy Stockbrokers and Adams Street Partners. The funding, subject to regulatory clearance in Ireland, will be used to cover …

NEW YORK/SANTA MONICA, December 11: The Weinstein Company (TWC) has inked a deal to co-produce and co-finance a slate of series, mini-series and TV movies with RHI Entertainment. TWC and RHI will co-produce a range of titles over the next …

DUBAI, December 11: ESPN STAR Sports has shelled out a reported $1.1 billion to become the global media and production partner for International Cricket Council matches, from 2007 to 2015. While the exact sum was not disclosed, the ICC noted …

LOS ANGELES, December 11: ClickStar, the broadband download venture launched by Morgan Freeman’s production company and Intel Corporation, has inked distribution deals with Sony, Universal and Warner Bros. in advance of its launch this week. ClickStar was founded by Intel …

LONDON, December 11: Dawn Airey is stepping down as the managing director of Sky Networks at BSkyB in the spring to join the new British media company Iostar as chief executive. Airey will leave her position at Sky, which she …

LONDON, December 11: Sir Richard Branson is stepping up his battle to keep BSkyB from acquiring a 17.9-percent stake in ITV, calling on Alistair Darling, the U.K.’s Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, to intervene in the deal. Branson …

FRAMINGHAM, December 11: A new report by research firm IDC says that 72.5 percent of American wireless subscribers had not accessed any content services on their handsets, as of the third quarter of this year. The survey of more than …

NEW YORK, December 11: According to The Wall Street Journal, News Corporation, Viacom, CBS Corporation and NBC Universal are in discussions to create a content website to compete against the Google-owned YouTube. The Journal indicates that the site would stream …

October 2006 By Bob Jenkins With improv, sketch shows, “mockumentaries” and variations on the classic sitcom, comedy is on the rise in Europe. After languishing in the shadow of unscripted reality shows for the past few years, prime-time comedy is …