World Screen

NEW YORK: Syfy has launched an innovation hub tasked with creating multiplatform content mixing emerging technology such as 3D printing and virtual reality with the network’s original programming. Called Syfy Labs, the unit will partner with 3D-printing company MakerBot to offer …

LOS ANGELES: For the fourth year in a row, Game of Thrones has come in as the most illegally downloaded TV show, according to TorrentFreak. With an estimated 14.4 million downloads via BitTorrent, the 2015 season finale beat out other …

LONDON: Five prime-time series and three kids’ shows are due out exclusively on Amazon Prime Video, along with three series renewals. The Amazon originals join the digital hub following the latest fall pilot season, in which Amazon customers can vote …

LOS ANGELES: The combined total of scripted series on broadcast networks, basic and pay cable networks, and OTT services in the U.S. for the year was 409, nearly double from the count in 2009, according to a new study from FX Networks.

LOS ANGELES: VUBIQUITY, a global provider of premium content services operating in North America, Europe and emerging markets, has expanded its content portfolio through an international SVOD distribution deal with AwesomenessTV covering the Middle East, Africa, South Eastern Europe and …

NEW YORK: Comedian and Saturday Night Live alum Rob Schneider talks to World Screen about his new eight-episode Netflix original series Real Rob, which was released on December 1.   The comedy also features Schneider’s wife, Mexican television producer Patricia …

OTTAWA/TORONTO: Creative technologist Kenyatta Cheese, co-founder and creative director at consultancy Everybody at Once, is slated to deliver the closing keynote for the 2016 edition of the Canadian Media Production Association’s Prime Time in Ottawa. Prime Time is a conference …

LOS ANGELES: The 2016 LA Screenings for the independents is moving to the newly remodeled InterContinental Hotel. "We’ve met with the InterContinental team (who we have worked with in the past on different events) and we could not be happier …

UNIVERSAL CITY: DreamWorks Studios, Participant Media, Reliance Entertainment and Entertainment One (eOne) have come together to create Amblin Partners, a new film, television and digital content-creation outfit. The new company will be developing and producing films using the Amblin, DreamWorks …