World Screen

OTTAWA/TORONTO: Jens Richter, the CEO of FremantleMedia International, is set to join Raja Khanna, Blue Ant Media’s CEO of television and digital, for a keynote conversation at next month’s Prime Time in Ottawa. The Friday morning keynote will feature a …

NEW YORK: Hernan Lopez has penned a letter about his decision to leave the CEO post at FOX International Channels (FIC) and start a new venture. Dear friends and colleagues, The last 18 years at Fox have been amazing. The …

SUZHOU: The seventh edition of the documentary market Asian Side of the Doc, which was initially planned for March 21 to 24, has been postponed due to logistical issues.

PASADENA: AMC has given a straight-to-series order to the 10×1-hour series The Son, an AMC Studios and Sonar Entertainment title expected to debut in 2017, while also announcing the premiere dates for a number of originals.

NEW YORK: Sophie Turner Laing, the CEO of Endemol Shine Group, will take part in a One on One conversation with Anna Carugati, World Screen’s group editorial director, on Thursday, January 21, at NATPE.

PASADENA: Hap and Leonard, The Last Panthers and Rebellion have been slated as SundanceTV’s first three original series of 2016, followed by the family drama The A-Word. Premiering March 2, Hap and Leonard is a six-episode AMC Studios production is …

LAS VEGAS: Hollywood views virtual reality as an industry game changer full of possibilities, despite the current hurdles facing the nascent technology, according to a joint study by the Consumer Technology Association and NATPE.

SANTA MONICA: Alongside presenting new details on its upcoming originals, including the drama 11/22/63, Hulu signed a new library deal with Sony that adds full seasons of series such as The Shield and Dawson’s Creek to the streaming service. The …

LOS ANGELES: FOX International Channels CEO Hernan Lopez is stepping down to launch a new venture, while Fox Networks Group restructures its operations and discontinues the FIC banner. Under the new structure, Jan Koeppen will become president of Fox Networks …

PASADENA: BBC America has commissioned a new original scripted series titled Dirk Gently, an adaptation of Douglas Adams’s best-selling comic detective novels.