World Screen

HAMILTON: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has reported positive third-quarter revenues, up 23 percent on the year-ago period to $165.5 million. Operating income before appreciation and amortization (OIBDA) for the three months ended September 30 was $8.9 million, from a …

NEW YORK: A digital edition of World Screen’s AFM 2011 issue is now available, as well as Screening Rooms for a number of distributors heading to the market. Hot Topics: Give Me a Break—Tax incentives and lush locations are luring …

NEW YORK: A video excerpt from MIPCOM’s Acquisition Superpanel—What Do Buyers Want? session, which featured an engaging conversation between CTV’s Mike Cosentino, Sky’s Sarah Wright, Channel 5’s Jeff Ford, Televisa’s Carlos Sandoval and World Screen‘s Anna Carugati, is now available. …

NEW YORK: In this video interview, Vince Commisso, 9 Story Entertainment’s president, CEO and co-founder, discusses exciting new deals at the company, including its partnership with The Fred Rogers Company and more.   In the nearly ten years since it …

TEL AVIV: Armoza Formats has signed its first broadcast deal in Asia, for its hit game show Upgrade with South Korean network Channel A. A local version of Upgrade for Channel A will be produced by Box Media Productions to …

SINGAPORE: Season 13 of Dancing with the Stars (DWTS), ABC’s live weekly dance show, is to premiere on STAR World on November 19. Based on the BBC’s smash hit Strictly Come Dancing, the series features professional ballroom and Latin American …

LOS ANGELES: In an effort to develop scripted content for the network, E! Entertainment Television has created the new position of senior VP of scripted programming and appointed Kevin Plunkett to the role. E!’s newly created position follows the decision …

SILVER SPRING: The new Discovery Networks International (DNI) ten-part series Salvage Hunters, commissioned by Cineflix Productions UK, is to premiere on Discovery Channel in a number of territories worldwide. The show will launch on Discovery Channel in Denmark, Finland, Greenland, …

LONDON: The U.K. distributor Electric Sky has sold almost 400 hours of A Place in the Sun titles internationally, among other program sales. Sweden’s Viasat took more than 220 hours of A Place in the Sun titles, including A Place …

LONDON: Chef Thomasina Miers, who won Masterchef in 2005, is to host the new Food Network UK series Mexican Food Made Simple, set to premiere next month. The eight-episode half-hour series was picked up from Blink Films and features Miers …