World Screen

VANCOUVER, August 30: After acquiring IDT Entertainment’s 62-percent stake in Mainframe Entertainment last month, Canada’s Rainmaker Animation & Visual Effects has reached a deal to acquire the remaining 38 percent interest in the CGI animation outfit. RNK Capital Limited Partnership, …

NEW YORK, August 30: According to Reuters, Time Warner’s AOL division has received bids worth more than 600 million euros for its Internet access business in Germany. After losing subscribers, AOL has been shifting now to a model that gives …

MINNESOTA, August 30: Hubbard Media Group and The Weinstein Company are part of a consortium that has acquired Ovation, a U.S. cable and satellite channel devoted to the arts that reaches about 5 million homes. "This is just part of …

LUXEMBOURG, August 30: Despite a 19 percent increase in revenues from 2.4 billion euros to 2.85 billion euros, RTL Group’s profit for the first half of this year dipped from 312 million euros to 296 million euros as a result …

World Screen Weekly, August 31, 2006 CHANNEL: TV Land LAUNCH DATE: April 29, 1996 OWNERSHIP: TV Land is a companion channel to Nick at Nite and is owned by Viacom. NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS: The channel reaches more than 85 million …

TV Kids Weekly, August 29, 2006 NAME: It’s a Big Big World ORIGIN: The show is an original idea from Emmy-award winning writer, director and creator Mitchell Kriegman. CREATOR: Mitchell Kriegman TV SHOW: It’s a Big Big World consists of …

SINGAPORE, August 29: In a bid to expand the reach of AXN Asia and Animax Asia and to streamline its operations, SPE Networks Asia has announced a restructuring that includes new hires as well as the promotion of key personnel. …

LOS ANGELES, August 29: As part of its expansion plans, First Look Studios has appointed Stuart Ford as president of First Look International, and Ken DuBow has been tapped as the president of a new division, First Look Television. Ford …

SEATTLE, August 29: ReelTime Rentals today announced an agreement with PorchLight Entertainment to non-exclusively offer family movies and children's entertainment from their library on the ReelTimeTV.net broadband platform. The deal also covers selections from PorchLight’s non-fiction and music division. A …

LONDON, August 29: Granada International has sold the BBC One drama series The Impressionists to more than 100 territories around the world, including the U.S., with PBS, and Latin America, with HBO. Other broadcasters on board include CHUM TV in …