Rodrigo Santoro, right, is getting serious with Jim Carrey. Santoro, best known for his portrayal of Xerxes in "300," is playing Carrey's lover in "I Love You, Phillip Morris." (Getty Images photos)
Oliver Kaltner has moved from Sony Deutschland to German pay TV group Premiere where he will join the board as the new chief marketing and sales officer.
ProSiebenSat.1 has bulked up its German VOD offering Maxdome with new films and series from Warner Bros., signing a new multiyear deal with Warner Bros. International Television distribution.
Peace Arch Entertainment investor Jeff Sagansky hopes to name a permanent CEO for the Canadian film and TV company, likely based in Toronto, by the end of July.
SHANGHAI -- Beijing residents are at last able to see the pay TV channels of China Central Television as the result of a deal the state broadcaster's cable unit cut with competitor Gehua CATV Network.
Perhaps no one was more shocked by Tuesday's news that Dawn Airey had jumped ship at ITV to join RTL-owned Five as chairman and CEO than current Five CEO, Jane Lighting, who only found out after the news had broken
Five channel chief executive Jane Lighting had been formally told she would be replaced by Dawn Airey "well ahead" of ITV's announcement of the shock move, pan-European television group RTL said Thursday.
Virgin Media's 3.4 million customers will be able to catch up on missed BBC shows via their TV sets now that the BBC's iPlayer has signed its first TV deal.
SYDNEY -- New Zealand film and television revenue fell 5.2% in the year ended June 30, 2007, to NZ$2.45 billion ($1.97 billion), led by a drop in productions.
