World Screen

LOS ANGELES, September 22: After being moved from its Sunday night post-Desperate Housewives slot, Grey's Anatomy gave a surprisingly strong performance in its season premiere last night, beating out CSI. According to Nielsen Media Research’s Fast National ratings service, at …

NEW YORK/CAMBRIDGE, September 22: MTV Networks (MTVN) is acquiring Harmonix Music Systems, the developer of the PlayStation 2 hit Guitar Hero and other music gaming titles. This deal demonstrates MTV's commitment to music and furthers its strategy of engaging music …

LONDON, September 22: ITV1’s advertising revenues could decrease by as much as £80 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. According to the Media Guardian, early forecasts from media agencies predict ITV1’s ad revenue from October to December will drop …

SILVER SPRING, September 22: Discovery Networks International, a division of Discovery Communications, will launch seven channels on the new ITI Neovision DTH platform in Poland before the end of 2006. Two of the channels debuting on ITI Neovision are new …

ENGLEWOOD/BURBANK, September 22: EchoStar’s DISH Network will premiere NBC's new fall series Friday Night Lights on its video on demand platform, DISH On Demand, before it premieres on NBC on Tuesday, October 3. Inspired by the feature film of the …

LONDON, September 22: British mobile operator 3 has made a deal with Zone Mobile, a division of Zonemedia, to distribute Zone Reality’s Mobile TV service. According to the agreement, Zonemedia will provide a supply of regularly refreshed, looped programming, which …

SYDNEY, September 22: The new drama Jericho premiered on Network Ten in Australia last night and won its timeslot in all major demos with a 41-percent share in Ten's core 16-39 demographic. Jericho also had a strong performance on its …

LOS ANGELES, September 22: USA Network has picked up the sixth season of the drama The Dead Zone, which will consist of 13 episodes. The series, produced by Lionsgate and CBS Paramount International Television in association with Piller-Segan, will return …

COLOGNE, September 22: FRAPA, the Format Recognition and Protection Association, today announced that its present chairman, David Lyle, is stepping down and is being replaced by Ute Biernat, who has previously held the position of FRAPA Board member. At the …

LOS ANGELES, September 22: Top management has been reorganized at MarVista, the independent producer and distributor of features and family entertainment programming. Company founder Joseph Szew is handing over the CEO reigns to his son, Fernando Szew, and Michael D. …