World Screen

NEW YORK: World Screen speaks to Breakthrough Entertainment's Ira Levy, partner and executive producer, and Nat Abraham, president of distribution, about the company, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. It was 1985 when Breakthrough Entertainment first entered the …

LOS ANGELES: MarVista Entertainment has acquired the global distribution rights to a 66-title international library from Osiris Entertainment, which it is presenting at the American Film Market.  The deal includes existing catalogue titles and new productions. Among the titles covered …

ATLANTA: Cartoon Network and Hot Topic are set to roll out a retail program for the original animated series Steven Universe and Adventure Time. The program will run through December and include a collection of licensed merchandise based on Steven …

NEW YORK: Time Warner's third quarter revenues rose by 5 percent to $6.6 billion, with net profit rising to $1.03 billion, driven by gains at Warner Bros. and HBO. That revenue growth "illustrated how our investments in great content have …

NEW YORK: Revenues at 21st Century Fox were down 6 percent to $6.08 billion in the company's first quarter, largely due to reduced revenues at its filmed entertainment division. The company also attributed the drop to the lack of revenues …

LOS ANGELES: A new survey from NATPE on the future of the content industry reveals that more than half of members polled (54 percent) believe that the number of scripted shows will increase over the next two years. Around half …

NEW YORK: Through a new partnership with VICE Media, A+E Networks’ channel H2 will be transitioned to VICELAND (working title), with the new 24-hour network set to launch in early 2016. VICELAND will be distributed in approximately 70 million homes, …

SILVER SPRING: Largely due to currency effects at its international operations, Discovery Communications' third-quarter revenues dipped by 1 percent to $1.56 billion, while its profit was flat at $279 million. Nevertheless, the group beat Wall Street estimates with its quarterly …

NEW YORK: A+E Networks’ Shining a Light: A Concert for Progress on Race in America is set to roll out internationally on Lifetime and A&E Network from November 21 through December 15. The concert, inspired by the response of the …

LONDON: Half of consumer spending on pay TV globally now goes to just five groups of companies, with Altice set to be among them, according to Ampere Analysis.  Pending final approval on its Cablevision acquisition, Altice joins the largest global pay-TV players that control …