World Screen

NEW YORK, June 28: Universal McCann’s Bob Coen cut his 2006 advertising forecast for the U.S. He expects ad spend to increase by 5.6 percent to $286.4 billion instead of 5.8 percent, which he predicted last December. The downgrade is …

LONDON, June 28: BBC Worldwide presented its Annual Review for 2005/2006 and announced profits of £89.4 million, a year on year increase of 62 percent, and sales up by 11 percent to £784.4 million. The increase in profits was achieved …

BURBANK/SAN MATTEO, June 28: NBC and YouTube, the media company that allows people to watch and share original videos through a worldwide web, have announced a strategic partnership. Under the terms of the agreement NBC will be able to promote …

TV Kids Weekly, June 27, 2006 NAME: Lunar Jim ORIGIN: Lunar Jim is an original series, developed by The Halifax Film Company and Alliance Atlantis. The series centers around Jim and his friends, including Rover the Robot Dog, Ripple the …

LONDON, June 27: E! International has appointed Justin Davison to the position of ad sales director for the newly created in-house international advertising sales division. Based out of E!’s London office, Davison will manage local territorial ad sales house relationships …

NEW YORK, June 27: A&E Television Networks (AETN) announced the promotion of Nancy Dubuc to Senior Vice President, Non-Fiction Programming and New Media Content. “Nancy and her team have done a masterful job creating distinctive programming that resonates with a …

AMSTERDAM, June 27: Netherlands-based Off the Fence has announced the addition of NHNZ producer, writer and narrator Peter Hayden to the production company’s team for a one-year period. Hayden’s last documentary project was as the executive producer and writer for …

JERSEY CITY, June 27: New Jersey-based Monarch Films has inked a series of deals on its new reality show, I Dream of Jodie: The Private Life of Jodie Moore. The 13×22-minute reality series has been acquired by Fox Latin America, …

BOSTON, June 27: APT Worldwide has inked DVD, broadcast, VOD and videogram deals for the WTTW National Productions, series CEO Exchange in Japan, Korea and Hong Kong. The series offers insight into the lives of some of the world’s most …

NASHVILLE, June 27: Amity Entertainment, the worldwide merchandising and licensing rights-holder of The Big Comfy Couch, has granted Genius Products the U.S. DVD and audio distribution rights to 100 episodes of the preschool program. The agreement includes the current season …