World Screen

NEW YORK: Second-quarter profit at NBC Universal was up by 13 percent to $607 million, on revenues that were up 5 percent to $3.75 billion. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, meanwhile, revenues were up 14 percent to …

LONDON: NBC Universal’s international television production division has been tapped to produce a new season of the teen show Scene Stealers, which airs on BBC Two during the lunchtime Switch strand. The new season kicks off July 24. Scene Stealers will …

MUNICH: Sky Sport HD 2, Sky Cinema HD and Sky Action HD are three new channels that have been added to the Sky portfolio in Germany, which now includes a total of ten high-definition networks. The channels launch August 13. …

UNIVERSAL CITY: The week of September 20 leads of NBC’s new fall season with the premieres of the new series the conspiracy thriller The Event and Jerry Bruckheimer’s Chase. Monday, September 20, has the return of Chuck in the 8 …

DALLAS: AMC, IFC and WE tv will remain on AT&T U-verse TV, after Rainbow Media had previously threatened to pull the channels from the service unless they agreed to a fee increase. "We’re very satisfied that we were able to …

NEW YORK: The first project signed under a brand-new first-look deal between EPIX and Worldwide Biggies is the special My: Moment, which gives a look into the mind of Olympic gold medal skier Lindsay Vonn. My: Moment is already in …

SINGAPORE/HONG KONG: SPE Networks—Asia has snapped up the drama series Caprica from NBC Universal International Television Distribution for its AXN Beyond channel across Asia and AXN Korea. Caprica will make its exclusive debut on AXN Beyond across Asia in the …

NEW YORK: Caroline Beaton, the senior VP of international program sales at MTV Networks International (MTVNI), talks in this video interview about the company’s position in the format arena and highlights what’s big in comedy and entertainment.   Recognized the …

BURBANK: A slate of library TV series from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group will be available for instant streaming to subscribers of the online rental company Netflix, as part of an expanded content agreement. With the deal, Netflix has taken the …

NEW YORK: Maureen Taran has joined EPIX as its VP of original programming live events. Taran was most recently the supervising producer for Showtime’s The Green Room with Paul Provenza. She also was formerly the VP of programming for the …