World Screen

REDMOND, November 7: Xbox 360 users will soon be able to access more than 1,000 hours of television and movie content from CBS, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Turner Broadcasting System, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), via …

PARIS, November 7: Vivendi’s third quarter revenues were up just 0.3 percent to 4,889 million euros, with gains in the television and gaming divisions and declines in its music and mobile operations. The Canal+ Group reported revenues were up 4.6 …

Cartoon Network has built its reputation and its audience by offering a wide variety of animated series. Always funny and often irreverent, many of these toons have showcased innovative animation styles and techniques. Today, Cartoon Network is seen in some …

November 2006 Since Jon Feltheimer joined Lionsgate in 2000, the company has had an impressive run. As CEO, Feltheimer has combined the flexibility and entrepreneurial culture of an independent with the financial and strategic relationships of a major studio. As …

November 2006 As consumers get more and more used to the convenience of watching DVDs, distributors are adjusting windows in an ever-changing market. By Peter Caranicas The home-video market has long been a critical part of the release pattern of …

October 2006 The industry’s collective memory faces the future. By Peter Caranicas The world’s appetite for stock and archival footage seems insatiable. Growing globalization, concern about today’s dangerous political climate, alarm over natural disasters—not to mention the proliferation of television …

LOS ANGELES, November 6: The premium gay and lesbian programming service here! has given the greenlight to begin production on the third season of Dante's Cove in early 2007. The third season will consist of six one-hour episodes. The supernatural-themed …

LOS ANGELES, November 6: Alicia Witt, Matthew Settle, Scott Bakula and Talia Shire will star in Blue Smoke, a TV movie for Lifetime, from Peter Guber's Mandalay Television and Stephanie Germain Productions, based on the Nora Roberts novel of the …

PARIS, November 6: Incroyable Talent, the French adaptation of FremantleMedia’s talent show Got Talent, delivered 5 million viewers for M6 on its first night, a 43-percent improvement on the channel’s prime-time average. The viewing figures make Incroyable Talent the second …

LONDON, November 6: ITV has acquired from Southern Star International the rights to the police drama Liverpool 1 for ITV3. The police drama is based in Liverpool, following the plainclothes department of Merseyside CID. “We are thrilled to be bringing …