World Screen

MOUNTAIN VIEW: Google co-founder Larry Page is set to become CEO of the company on April 4, succeeding Eric Schmidt, who has announced he is transitioning to the role of executive chairman. Page will handle the day-to-day operations as CEO, while …

LOS ANGELES: Jump City: Seattle is a new weekly series on G4 that seeks to find America’s top Parkour championship team, kicking off on February 15 at 8 p.m. Hosted by G4’s Blair Herter and Parkour veteran Brady Romberg, the …

NEW YORK: On revenues that gained 12 percent to $4.76 billion in the first quarter, NBC Universal saw its profits rise by 38 percent to $830 million. For the full year, meanwhile, revenues were up by 9 percent to $16.9 billion, …

NASHVILLE: The U.S. TV premiere of Kurt Cobain: About a Son is slated for February 20, what would have been the musician’s 44th birthday, on the Documentary Channel. The film is based on more than 25 hours of never-before-seen interviews, …

LOS ANGELES/PARIS: The TV distribution divisions of all the major Hollywood studios will be on hand for the fifth edition of DISCOP Africa, which takes place in Ghana February 9 to 11, including NBC Universal, MGM, Paramount Pictures, Sony and …

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises has sold the crime series The Killing to the BBC for free TV in the U.K. and Ireland. Arrow Films picked up the home video and VOD rights for the same territories. The series will debut on BBC …

BURBANK: Take the Money and Run, a new competition series from the producers of The Amazing Race and the CSI franchise, is slated for an April 14 debut on ABC. The series, which has a six-episode run slated in an …

LOS ANGELES: Rosie O’Donnell has become a collaborator on the OWN Documentary Film Club, taking part in the selection of movies and hosting specials following on-air premieres. OWN will air a one-hour special hosted by O’Donnell following the world TV …

LONDON: Universal Networks International has acquired Hawaii Five-0 and Blue Bloods from CBS Studios International for broadcast on Universal Channel in Poland this month. Other key acquisitions rolling out on UNI channels in Central and Eastern Europe this winter include a …

NEW YORK: In this exclusive video interview, Adriana Cisneros de Griffin, the vice chairman and director of strategy at the Cisneros Group of Companies (CGC), talks about CGC’s plans for the U.S. Hispanic market and adapting novelas and other content …