World Screen

BURBANK, August 2: ABC will not proceed with a planned mini-series project with Mel Gibson on the Holocaust, wire reports indicate, following his drunken anti-Semitic remarks at the end of last week. On July 28, the movie star was arrested …

NEW YORK, August 2: George Kliavkoff has been named as NBC Universal's first chief digital officer, a post that will see him bolstering the company’s digital media strategy and overseeing broadband and wireless initiatives as well as the Digital Studios, …

MUNICH, August 2: ProSiebenSat.1 Group has reported second quarter revenues of 550.9 million euros, an 8.5-percent gain on a year ago, with profits up 16.3 percent to 83.4 million euros. “The ProSiebenSat.1 Group had a successful second quarter, despite the …

BURBANK, August 2: CBS will roll out season premieres for 20 of 22 series during the week of September 18, the network announced today, following earlier launches for Survivor: Cook Islands and The Amazing Race. The newest Survivor installment kicks …

NEW YORK, August 2: Time Warner today announced a second quarter profit of $1 billion, versus the $409 million loss recorded in the year-ago period, on revenues of $10.7 billion, up just 1 percent on Q2 2005. At its AOL …

TV Kids Weekly, August 1, 2006 NAME: Legend of the Dragon ORIGIN: This action series is based on an original idea. CREATOR: Richard Ungar for BKN. TV SHOW: Legend of the Dragon is an animated series consisting of 26 episodes …

LONDON, August 1: BBC Worldwide has named Christian Brent to fill the newly created role of VP of audiences. Brent will identify and interpret local demands and make recommendations on strategic and creative decisions through market, and pre-market-entry, research and …

MIAMI, August 1: Sony Pictures Television International has promoted Klaudia Bermudez-Key to senior VP and general manager of advertising sales for Latin America. Based in Miami, Bermudez-Key reports to both Andy Kaplan, SPTI’s president of international networks, and T.C. Schultz, …

RIO DE JANEIRO, August 1: Globo TV International has named Raphael Correa Netto as its new sales director following Helena Bernardi’s decision to step down as director of marketing and sales at the company. Netto, reporting directly to Globo TV …

HAMILTON, August 1: Central European Media Enterprises has extended CEO Michael Garin’s contract for a further two years, to January 31, 2010. Ronald Lauder, the chairman of CME, noted, “Michael and his management team have delivered record results over last …