World Screen

AMSTERDAM, July 27: Liberty Media subsidiary chellomedia has formed a joint venture with Tel Sell to launch a live home shopping network in the Netherlands this October. The as-yet unnamed channel will replace the existing Tel Sell network, reaching 4 …

PARIS, July 27: For the first half of this year, Vivendi’s revenues rose 5.2 percent to 9.6 billion euros, and for the second quarter they were up 4.8 percent to 4.8 billion euros. At Canal+, revenues for the first half …

LOS ANGELES, July 27: Several shows from E! Entertainment Television—including The Simple Life: 'Til Death Do Us Part and Dr. 90210—are now available for download from the iTunes Music Store. The offering includes new weekly episodes of the second season …

PHILADELPHIA, July 27: Record subscriber growth at Comcast Corporation contributed to an 11-percent increase in revenues to $6.2 billion for the second quarter. Operating income, meanwhile, was up 17 percent to $1.2 billion. Net income rose from $430 million to …

LOS ANGELES, July 27: The TiVo service and ABC’s online streaming video player will take home Emmys for Outstanding Achievement for Interactive Television at the Creative Arts Awards on August 19. The winners were announced today by the Academy of …

PARIS, July 27: Todd Wagner, the founder and CEO of 2929 Entertainment—whose holdings include the HDNet channels in the U.S.—will deliver the Digital Media Distribution keynote at MIPCOM. Wagner’s presentation, Rethinking Hollywood, will take place on October 10. Wagner will …

TOKYO, July 27: Sony Corporation has emerged from Q1 2005’s loss of 7.3 billion yen ($63.2 million) to post a profit of 32.3 billion yen ($281 million) in the second quarter of this year, on revenues of 1,744.2 billion yen …

LONDON, July 26: Baby TV has inked a carriage deal with Dutch MSO Casema, which has about 1.4 million basic subscribers in the Netherlands. With carriage already on UPC’s systems in the Netherlands, as well as on Multikabel, Delta, CAIW …

MAINZ/NEW YORK, July 26: After a 16-year stint, Horst Müller is exiting his post as the head of ZDF Enterprises’ New York office. As of next month, the operation will be run by Susanne Müller. Her primary mission will be …

NEW YORK, July 26: The N has given a second season order to MarVista Entertainment’s teen-targeted surf series Beyond the Break, with rollout slated for early 2007. The N, Viacom’s nighttime network for teens, has ordered an additional 10 half-hour …