World Screen

LOS ANGELES: India’s Reliance Big Entertainment has picked up a majority stake in Los Angeles- and London-based international film sales agent IM Global. In February, IM Globl clinched a deal to handle Reliance’s Hindi film output internationally. With Reliance’s equity investment, IM Global can benefit …

SINGAPORE: A deal for the broadcast rights to this year’s World Cup has finally been concluded in Singapore, with both cable service StarHub and SingTel’s IPTV platform mioTV set to air the matches. Both platforms issued releases noting they will offer all …

LONDON: At ITV plc in the U.K., group revenues were up by 6 percent in the first quarter to £450 million, including an 8-percent rise in TV advertising revenues. Broadcasting and online revenues were up by 6 percent to £390 million. …

ENGLEWOOD: Delivering a 28-percent increase in revenues to $2.2 billion, Liberty Global reported a $736.6 million profit in the first quarter, as compared with a $298.7 million loss in the same period last year. 0 false 18 pt 18 pt …

LONDON: Square Zero, which specializes in 3-D, live holograms, animation and virtual-reality technology, has hired Alexi Wheeler as development producer, joining from E1 Entertainment. Wheeler will be responsible for the development and production of new children’s content at the company, …

NEW YORK: BBC Worldwide has appointed Bob Traub as VP of retail development for the Americas, based at the company’s New York office. Traub has some 16 years of U.S. and international licensing and marketing experience in the entertainment sector, …

LONDON: IWC Media, part of the RDF Media Group, has named Clare Handford as head of specialist factual development. Handford previously worked at TalkbackTHAMES as a producer on BBC One’s The Apprentice (the last season and the forthcoming one). She also previously …

MIAMI: Falling Angel, a Telemundo Internacional production, made its debut in Hungary on Cool TV, following on success in Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. The telenovela, which stars Gaby Espino, Miguel Varoni and Jencarlos Canela, is airing simultaneously …

NASHVILLE: The Film Sales Company has closed a deal with The Documentary Channel on behalf of Pennebaker-Hegedus Films for the U.S. broadcast rights to a package of eight films. The deal includes the U.S. television premiere of Al Franken: God …

NEW YORK: Production on the 10-episode TV Land series Hot in Cleveland, which marks the network’s foray into original scripted comedy, is slated to get under way on May 10, with the series premiere set for June 16. The sitcom …