World Screen

NEW YORK, July 5: BBC America has picked up two dramas from award-winning writer Jimmy McGovern—The Street and Cracker—from Granada International. The Street is set in Northern England, with each episode focusing on a different house on the block. It …

HILVERSUM, July 5: At an Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders today, Elías Rodríguez-Viña Cancio was approved as the new chairman and CEO of Endemol. The move follows Joaquim Agut Bonsfills’ abrupt resignation last month. Rodriguez-Viña will chair the company’s management …

MONTE CARLO, July 5: At a star-studded event over the weekend during the 46th Monte Carlo Television Festival, attended by Geena Davis, Patricia Arquette, Ellen Pompeo and Dennis Haysbert, among others, the winners were announced for the annual Golden Nymph …

STOCKHOLM, July 5: Modern Times Group has acquired the Slovenian free-TV broadcaster PRVA TV for 8.1 million euros. PRVA is the third-largest private commercial free-to-air TV broadcaster in Slovenia. Rebranded in June of last year, the channel reported revenues of …

SYDNEY, July 5: Australian Prime Minister John Howard is calling on Network Ten to cancel its edition of Big Brother, after a participant on the show alleged that two male contestants sexually assaulted her. TEN did not broadcast footage of …

LOS ANGELES, July 5: Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs has asked The Walt Disney Company not to pay him the $65,000 annual salary he is entitled to as a member of the company’s board of directors. As a result, Disney has …

MEXICO CITY, July 5: Mexico’s Grupo Televisa is prepared to offload its 11.4-percent stake in Hispanic broadcaster Univision Communications as it looks to explore other opportunities in the U.S. market. The Mexican media giant last week failed in its bid …

TORONTO, June 30: The Protest Revolution, a four-part documentary series produced for BBC4 and Canada's VisionTV has wrapped up principle photography. Filmed in high definition by IWC Media and Cream Productions on location in the U.K., Europe and North America, …

BUDAPEST, June 30: HBO Central Europe has named Ondrej Zach as country manager for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Zach will have overall responsibility for HBO basic and premium channels in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and will have oversight …

LONDON, June 30: Granada International has appointed Jennifer Harrington as head of formats. Harrington, who was sales director at Twentieth Century Fox International Television, will be based in Granada’s London office. She will be responsible for the sale of Granada …