World Screen

NEW YORK, November 9: The cable and broadcast TV operations at News Corporation drove the company to a first-quarter profit of $843 million, versus last year’s loss of $433 million, on improved revenues of $5.9 billion. Commenting on the results, …

LONDON, November 9: ITV shares were up some 8 percent today following news that cable operator NTL has approached the British media company about a possible merger. ITV today confirmed that it has received from NTL a “highly tentative expression …

NEW YORK, November 9: Viacom’s net profit for the third quarter fell 15.7 percent to $356.8 million, due to a loss in its film division and the $62 million severance payment to ousted president and CEO Tom Freston. The company …

HOUSTON, November 8: Anime Network has reached a deal to provide content to Sprint Power Vision subscribers, who will be able to access clips from up to five premium titles for $4.95 per month. “We are thrilled at the opportunity …

DOHA, November 8: Al Jazeera’s 24-hour English-language news and current affairs channel has announced plans for a new weekly program, Inside Iraq. Al Jazeera English’s Inside Iraq will be hosted by Iraq-born Jasim Azawi and will examine the conflict in …

NEW YORK, November 8: 4Kids Entertainment has entered into a multi-year licensing agreement with the American Greetings Corporation for a line of social expression products based on Viva Piñata. American Greetings will roll out party goods, greeting cards, gift-wrap and …

BURBANK/SALT LAKE CITY, November 8: The Walt Disney Company’s interactive entertainment affiliate, Buena Vista Games, has launched a new development studio dedicated to creating video games specifically for Nintendo platforms. Based in Salt Lake City, Fall Line Studio’s focus is …

NEW YORK, November 8: Bravo has given a series order to the tentatively titled Welcome to the Parker, which goes behind the scenes at the Parker Palm Springs hotel in California. Each one-hour episode looks at the lives, relationships and …

LONDON, November 8: On Demand Group (ODG) has launched CineExpress, a pay-per-view movie service, on Kabel Deutschland’s (KDG) cable network in Germany. The new service is marketed under KDG’s ‘Select KINO’ pay-per-view offering and includes the latest movies from several …

NEW YORK, November 8: Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute is teaming with the GSM Association (GSMA), whose members serve more than 2 billion mobile phone customers across the globe, to create the Sundance Film Festival: Global Short Film Project. The pilot …