World Screen

ATLANTA, August 3: In a first for a U.S. golf event, select coverage of this month’s 2006 PGA Championship will be offered up on PGA.com, as part of a deal with broadcast partner Turner Network Television (TNT). PGA.com will deliver …

NEW YORK, August 3: SCI FI Channel has acquired the rights to a package of TV movies, mini-series and series from CBS Paramount Domestic Television, including Star Trek: Enterprise and last season’s cancelled Threshold. Enterprise, which ran for four seasons …

AMSTERDAM, August 3: The chellomedia digital channel Sport1 has secured the exclusive live rights to the English Football League Championship and League Cup for a period of three years. Sport1 already has the rights to the Premier League and the …

CULVER CITY, August 3: Just one week since securing an IPTV video on demand deal in Germany, Sony Pictures Television International has entered into an agreement with the European digital film distributor Arts Alliance Media (AAM) to allows users to …

HAMILTON, August 3: Central European Media Enterprises today released its second quarter and half-year results, with revenues up 38 percent and 71 percent, respectively. It also announced the resignation of its COO, Robert E. Burke, effective October 1. Burke's duties …

NEW YORK, August 3: CBS Corporation’s net profit for the second quarter of this year rose from $753.8 million to $781.7 million despite a 1-percent fall in revenues to $3.48 billion. "I am very pleased with CBS Corporation's early performance …

CHICAGO, August 2: William Fisher, a former executive of Playboy TV International and HBO International, has been appointed as CEO of Towers Productions, the Chicago-based producer that specializes in factual and entertainment programming. Fisher will supervise the company’s business operations …

FORT WORTH, August 2: The FUNimation Channel, a 24-hour digital network featuring anime programming, launched on Verizon’s FiOS TV Premier package this week. The channel is operated by FUNimation Entertainment, which is a subsidiary of Navarre Corporation. "We are very …

LOS ANGELES, August 3: here!, the premium gay and lesbian network, has picked up five new affiliates: Alameda Power and Telecom in California, Bend Broadband and Canby Telephone Association in Oregon, Guadalupe Valley Communication Systems in Texas and Click! Networks …

MIAMI, August 2: The joint Yahoo! and Telemundo web portal has launched a Short Film Festival with the winning title to be featured on the Telemundo and mun2 networks. The Yahoo! Telemundo Short Film Festival, sponsored by Toyota Yaris, invites …