World Screen

LONDON, October 20: Subscribers of the British cable platform ntl Telewest now have access to a slate of programming from Channel 4 on an on-demand basis, the two companies announced today. The platform’s 2.8 million digital cable subscribers will have …

WINNIPEG, October 20: CanWest Global Communications Corp. has retained Citigroup Global Markets to explore the possibility of offloading its interest in Network Ten in Australia, in the wake of the country’s newly liberalized media ownership laws. “CanWest has retained Citigroup …

NEW YORK, October 20: NBC Universal’s wide-ranging NBCU 2.0 restructure announced yesterday will see the NBC network focusing on lower-cost, unscripted programming for its weeknight 8 p.m. slot, beginning in the fall of next year. The restructure is intended to …

CHESEAUX/ENGLEWOOD, October 20: The Kudelski Group, which specializes in digital security systems, has reached a deal to acquire a controlling interest in the interactive television technology outfit OpenTV from Liberty Media for $132.3 million. OpenTV is a provider of set-top …

PARIS, October 20: The final tally of this year’s MIPCOM puts attendance at 12,509, its highest participation ever, showing a 7-percent increase on MIPCOM 2005. This year also marked a new record in terms of participating companies, with 4,216 from …

Exec. VP and Managing Director Lightworks Program Distribution World Screen Weekly, October 19, 2006 Looking for new business opportunities has been a constant theme in John Cuddihy’s career: from New World Entertainment, where he was charged with opening the Asian …

World Screen Weekly, October 19, 2006 COUNTRY: Germany LAUNCH DATE: January 1, 1989 OWNERSHIP: ProSieben Television is one of the channels owned by the ProSiebenSat.1 Group. The others are Sat.1, kabel eins, N24 and 9Live. NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS: ProSieben is …

SANTA MONICA, October 19: Genius Products has entered into a deal to be the exclusive home entertainment distributor for ImaginAsian Entertainment’s portfolio of Asian and Asian-American motion pictures and television programs in the U.S. Under the five-year agreement, Genius has …

MAINZ, October 19: ZDF Enterprises’ brisk business at MIPCOM last week surpassed the expectations of the company’s president and CEO, Alexander Coridass, the German distribution entity announced today. "We had set ourselves very high goals, not least because of the …

MUNICH, October 19: Bavaria Media Television secured a range of deals at MIPCOM last week, and signed on five co-production partners in Eastern Europe for the new avalanche disaster TV movie Val Montana. Partners on board include Nova TV from …