World Screen

NEW YORK, November 3: ESPN Deportes, ESPN’s Spanish-language service in the U.S., has reached a deal to carry winter league baseball from Venezuela for the first time. The deal with the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League grants ESPN Deportes the exclusive …

HONG KONG, November 3: Celestial Pictures has announced plans to remake two films from the Shaw Brothers library of martial arts films, beginning with the 1978 classic Five Deadly Venoms. Kirk Wong (The Big Hit, Crime Story) will direct and …

SILVER SPRING, November 3: Discovery Communications has announced the formation of a new multiplatform business, Animal Planet Media Enterprises, and the acquisition of Petfinder.com and PetsIncredible. Petfinder.com facilitates pet adoption and works through animal shelters and rescue groups across North …

LONDON, November 3: The BBC is planning a major revamp of its kids’ services CBBC and CBeebies, MediaGuardian reported today, with CBBC focusing in on the 6-to-12 set while CBeebies will target the under-sixes. According to the British newspaper, presenter …

WINNIPEG, November 3: CanWest Global Communications has reported a fourth-quarter profit of C$155 million, compared with the C$106 million loss a year ago, after receiving C$164 million from the sale of TV3 Ireland. Profit for the year, meanwhile, soared to …

LOS ANGELES, November 3: U.S. Hispanic broadcaster Univision Communications has reported third-quarter revenues of $536.1 million, a 7.8-percent gain on the same period last year, delivering a pro forma net income of $96.8 million, a 22.2-percent increase. The television division …

LONDON, November 3: British Sky Broadcasting added 82,000 subscribers in the first quarter, ending the period with 8.258 million customers, but the company still saw after-tax profits drop £24 million to £116 million, on revenues of £1,071 million, 11 percent …

World Screen Weekly, November 2, 2006 COUNTRY: United States LAUNCH DATE: 1997 as Romance Classics OWNERSHIP: Rainbow Entertainment Services DISTRIBUTION: Cable VIEWERSHIP: Available to more than 60 million U.S. households DESCRIPTION: WE began life in 1997 as Romance Classics, a …

World Screen Weekly, November 2, 2006 Managing Director Millimages Often when people are young they don’t have any qualms about accepting a job in another country. John Reynolds, however, crossed the Atlantic from his native Ireland to America without a …

LONDON, November 2: The Walt Disney Company’s interactive entertainment affiliate, Buena Vista Games, will release Desperate Housewives—The Game in time for Christmas, targeting adult women. According to research from Buena Vista Games, in a sample group of women aged 24 …