World Screen

LONDON, July 27: The Flextech-owned Challenge network has picked up the British broadcast rights to the Miss World pageant, taking place in Poland this September, in an exclusive deal with the Miss World Organisation and Zeal Television. The 56th Miss …

KNOXVILLE, July 27: A selection of series and specials from Scripps Networks’ Food Network are set to air in the U.K. on the UKTV Food channel beginning next month. The agreement includes popular series such as Everyday Italian with Giada …

NEW YORK, July 27: AETN International has signed format options for two popular A&E shows: Growing Up Gotti and Spying on Myself. Spying on Myself has been optioned in multiple territories, including TF1 in France, El Mundo in Spain, Einstein …

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 …