World Screen

LOS ANGELES: After expanding its collaboration with Warner Bros. Pictures by signing a new three-title agreement, Animal Logic is setting up a second animation studio in Vancouver, Canada. Animal Logic Vancouver is initially being launched as an exclusive partnership to …

LOS ANGELES: A single four-letter word has been on the lips of international buyers and Hollywood sellers all week during the L.A. Screenings marathon: SVOD. That window is now shorthand for a dizzying array of new ways to slice and …

NEW YORK: CBS’s Supergirl reigns supreme as the buzziest new show of the 2015-2016 season, The WIT reports in its latest analysis of social media indicators following last week’s network Upfronts. Executive produced by the very busy Greg Berlanti (who …

NEW YORK: Bill Prady’s Muppets revival topped the social-media buzz charts for ABC’s upcoming fall season, according to new analysis from The WIT. Slated to open Tuesday nights, The Muppets (distributed by DMD), from Big Bang Theory co-creator and veteran …

TORONTO: Breakthrough Entertainment has appointed Martha Sepulveda, a former Sinking Ship Entertainment exec, as the company's director of development and production for kids and family entertainment. In her new role, Sepulveda will work out of Toronto under Joan Lambur, Breakthrough's …

LOS ANGELES: The buzz at CBS Studios Tuesday morning didn't settle on any single series; rather, the good vibe centered on much less sexy a thing but a thing nonetheless crucial to international program buyers: stability. To be sure, it …

PREMIUM: The buzz at CBS Studios Tuesday morning didn't settle on any single series; rather, the good vibe centered on much less sexy a thing but a thing nonetheless crucial to international program buyers: stability. To be sure, it wasn't …

NEW YORK: Spotify is looking to evolve into a full 24-hour entertainment destination, adding original videos and content from such companies as VICE, ABC, BBC, NBC and Comedy Central to its service, which already includes music. For the first time, …

NEW YORK: Richard Plepler, the chairman and CEO of HBO, is being honored with the 2015 International Emmy Directorate Award, which he will accept on November 23 in New York City. Plepler is responsible for HBO's overall management. Under his …

LONDON: The number of digital TV homes globally is expected to rise by 180 percent between 2010 and 2020, with the Asia-Pacific region driving much of this growth, according to new figures from Digital TV Research. The total is forecast …