World Screen

TORONTO: Canada’s Alliance for Children and Television (ACT) is hosting a special 35th anniversary edition of its annual Awards of Excellence Gala in Toronto on June 3, which will be hosted by Degrassi‘s Stacie Mistysyn. Taking place at CBC’s Glenn Gould …

LOS ANGELES: FOX has ordered a second season of the drama Lie to Me, with Shawn Ryan, the creator and executive producer of The Shield, joining as an executive producer and showrunner. From Imagine Television, Lie to Me is inspired by the …

LONDON: ITV has said it plans to make an additional £40 million in cost savings from next year, after announcing that group revenues fell 13.6 percent to £425 million in the first quarter. Broadcasting revenues fell 12 percent to £359 …

SAN DIEGO: NBC Sports’ coverage of the Preakness Stakes, the French Open, the Stanley Cup Final, the U.S. Open and Wimbledon will be available as live mobile TV broadcasts via FLO TV. All part of NBC Sports Championship Season on …

MUNICH: Premiere AG, which today revealed a first-quarter loss of 80 million euros, has confirmed that it will relaunch its German and Austrian pay-TV platform as Sky this summer. Announcing the move, the company, in which News Corporation owns a 30.5-percent stake, …

LONDON: Digital Rights Group (DRG) has sold the Renegade Pictures factual-entertainment series Don’t Tell the Bride to BBC America, which picked up both the first and second seasons. Don’t Tell the Bride watches as the wedding planning is left in …

TOKYO: For the first time in 14 years, Sony Corporation has recorded a full-year loss for the period ended March 31, 2009, of 98.9 billion yen ($1 billion), versus the fiscal 2008 profit of 369.4 billion yen, on revenues that …

TOKYO: Cookie Jar Entertainment-owned Copyright Promotions Licensing Group (CPLG) is expanding its international reach with the opening of CPLG Japan, and has tapped Hideki Kunugiyama as managing director for the new Asian office. Kunugiyama will develop and grow the company’s …

LONDON: The Classic Media (formerly Entertainment Rights) properties Guess with Jess, Postman Pat and Casper’s Scare School are set for broadcast across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia through a new round of deals. Guess with Jess, a co-production …

LOS ANGELES: Affiliate stations of The CW have been snapping up Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios’ (MGM) prime-time Sunday movie package, which has now been cleared in 65 percent of the U.S. Known as MGM Prime-Time Sunday Movie, the package includes Legally Blonde, …