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PARIS, March 7: For the fourth quarter of 2006, Vivendi’s revenues remained flat at 5.5 billion euros, with adjusted net income rising 25 percent to 505 million euros. For the full-year, meanwhile, revenues rose 3 percent to 20 billion euros, ...

NEW YORK, March 6: Tom Rubin, the associate general counsel for copyright, trademark and trade secrets at Microsoft, gave a speech to the Association of American Publishers today criticizing Google’s “cavalier” attitude towards copyright protection. “Companies that create no content ...

PARIS, March 5: At this year’s MIPTV, renowned French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand will receive the first ever Green World Award, a new honor that has been created to recognize audiovisual industry figures who have contributed to the growing global awareness ...

HONG KONG, March 5: Disney Channel has named Simon George to the newly created position of VP of regional marketing for Asia Pacific, reporting to Nicky Parkinson, the SVP and MD of Disney Channel Asia Pacific, and Adam Sanderson, the ...

JOHANNESBURG/LONDON, March 1: Disney Channel will now transmit 24 hours a day on MultiChoice’s DStv platform across South and sub-Saharan Africa, after first launching with a 16 hours per day schedule. In a multiyear agreement with MultiChoice in September 2006, ...

LONDON, March 1: Spellbound Entertainment has secured a series of new deals in Europe, Asia and North America for its award-winning preschool series The Koala Brothers. In the latest round of deals, Hungarian children’s channel Minimax has purchased the cable ...

World Screen Weekly, February 22, 2006 President Ledafilms Everyone who has done business with Pedro Leda, the president of Ledafilms, is familiar with his gentlemanly demeanor and his thorough knowledge of the distribution business. What they may not be aware ...

BRUSSELS, February 23: The European Commission has cleared the acquisition of a majority stake in ProSiebenSat.1 Media by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Permira, noting that the deal “would not significantly impede effective competition” in the European Union. Permira and KKR ...

OTTAWA, February 23: The Canadian Film & Television Production Association (CFTPA) has released a new study showing a decline in the production volume and budgets for kids’ programming out of Canada. The study, The Case for Kids Programming: Children’s and ...

World Screen Weekly, February 15, 2007 Co-Founder & President Millennium Media Group High-definition TV is top of mind for many channel operators around the world, particularly as the price of HD-enabled TV sets drops and markets worldwide gear up for ...