World Screen

LOS ANGELES: The Paley Center for Media has tapped Steve Mosko, Tony Vinciquerra and Dick Lippin to serve as co-chairs of a planning committee that will explore the creation of an awards show. Mosko, president of Sony Pictures Television; Vinciquerra, the chairman …

NEW YORK: Jeff Gomez and Nathan Mayfield will be hosting a session at the MIPTV Producers’ Forum—a two-day initiative organized in association with World Screen—about developing stories and concepts across multiple platforms. The first thing you need to know about …

MUNICH: ProSiebenSat.1 Media has reported improved results for 2009, with a fourth-quarter profit of 113.4 million, as compared with a 170 million euros loss in the year-ago period, and a full-year profit of 144.5 million euros, versus the 129.1 million …

LONDON: The game-show format Cash at Your Door joins the slate of ALL3MEDIA International, which already has pre-launch options secured for the show. Developed by Israel’s Matar Productions, the series literally knocks at the door of potential contestants’ homes. If …

NEW YORK: Shine Group’s chairman and CEO, Elisabeth Murdoch, was interviewed by World Screen‘s group editorial director, Anna Carugati, at NATPE this year.     Want to see the complete keynote address and interview with Elisabeth Murdoch during NATPE 2010? …

LOS ANGELES: MarVista Entertainment has acquired the worldwide distribution rights for the feature film Mandie and the Secret Tunnel, the first movie in a series based on the books of the same name by Lois Leppard. Through the deal with …

SEATTLE: RealNetworks has agreed to cease supporting its RealDVD software and will shell out $4.5 million to settle lawsuits with the Hollywood studios and the DVD Copy Control Association. In October 2008, the MPAA, on behalf of the studios, filed suit against …

LONDON: Turner Broadcasting has picked up the exclusive U.K. rights to air all 26 half-hour episodes of the animated series Mr. Bean on its Boomerang Channel. The three-year deal will see Mr. Bean join the lineup of animated characters on …

NEW YORK: Production on the second season of Warehouse 13 starts this month in Toronto, with 13 new episodes returning in the summer, kicking off on July 13. Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek and Allison Scagliotti, along with series …

HILVERSUM: John de Mol’s Talpa Media has set up a co-owned joint venture with Spanish production outfit Boomerang TV Group. The 50-50 owned JV has the exclusive rights to sell, adapt and produce all Talpa formats in the genres of …