World Screen

PARIS, December 5: TF1 has acquired a 33.5-percent stake in French channel operator and distribution outfit the AB Group for 230 million euros. Claude Berda who owns the remaining 66.5 percent interest, will remain chairman of the company, which owns …

LONDON, December 5: ESPN is looking to expand its European presence with the acquisition of the North American Sports Network (NASN), which delivers coverage of American sporting events across Europe, from Setanta Sport Holdings and Benchmark Capital Europe. NASN reaches …

LONDON, December 5: According to ZenithOptimedia, global television advertising will rise to $184.5 billion in 2009, from this year’s $160.4 billion, while its share of total ad spend will fall from this year’s 37.8 percent to 37.2 percent in 2009. …

NEW YORK, December 5: CBS has announced that Criminal Minds will air in the much-coveted post-Super Bowl slot on Sunday, February 4. This year, the annual football event on ABC propelled Grey’s Anatomy, broadcast after a post-game wrap-up, to record …

BERLIN, December 5: German publishing giant Axel Springer has acquired a 25.1-percent stake in the Polish commercial broadcaster Telewizja Polsat for 250 million euros. The Polish broadcasting group operates the flagship channels Polsat and Polsat 2, as well as a …

NEW YORK, December 5: Spanish-language television, boosted by the World Cup, pulled in $3.22 billion in ad revenues in the first nine months of this year, a 19.1 percent gain, according to TNS Media Intelligence, which reported that the U.S. …

NEW YORK, December 5: Philippe Dauman, the president and CEO of Viacom, wants to raise the company’s international profit margins by 10 to 15 percentage points in the next few years, he told investors at an event in New York …

October 2006 By Anna Carugati Given the huge success of the forensic drama series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami and CSI: NY in the U.S. and around the world, it’s hard to believe that just a few months before …

October 2006 By Anna Carugati Some of television’s most successful reality formats, including Changing Rooms, were the fruit of Peter Bazalgette’s imagination. He joined the Endemol group in 1998 and was appointed chief creative officer in 2005. He also serves …

LUXEMBOURG, December 4: SBS Broadcasting has appointed Bart Becks as its senior VP of new media, beginning January 1. In the newly created position, Becks will be responsible for the overall development and coordination of digital media services and revenue …