World Screen

NEW YORK: Turner Broadcasting System brought together its entire portfolio of brands for its Upfront presentation, where it announced plans for a "major TBS rebrand" and a shift in focus for the slate of TNT original dramas. TNT has lined …

NEW YORK: The boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao set a new record for total pay-per-view buys and now ranks as the highest-grossing pay-per-view of all time. Initial reports from distributors indicate that the event generated more than …

LONDON: The Digital TV World Revenue Forecasts report estimates that satellite revenues will surpass total cable TV revenues this year. The report estimates that satellite TV accounted for 44 percent of the total in 2014, rising to 46 percent by …

NEW YORK: The Muppets leads off the Tuesday night lineup for ABC's 2015-16 prime-time schedule, which sees its Wednesday comedy block and Thursday Shonda Rhimes series staying in place. Mondays will also stay the same, pairing Dancing with the Stars …

NEW YORK: Ricardo Guise, president and publisher of World Screen, has announced the promotions of Mansha Daswani to editor and Kristin Brzoznowski to executive editor. Daswani has been with World Screen since 2002. In addition to her role as editor …

LONDON: According to ZenithOptimedia’s new report Top Thirty Global Media Owners 2015, Google is now bigger in terms of media revenue than Disney and Comcast combined. Google’s dominance as the world’s largest media owner has increased, with the gap between …

NEW YORK: In April, of all the new programs to debut globally, Netflix's Marvel's Daredevil stirred up the most buzz in social media, with some 137,000 tweets, according to The WIT. Netflix made all episodes of Daredevil available at once …

NEW YORK: Bassem Youssef, an Egyptian TV personality known as the "Jon Stewart of the Arab World," has been lined up to present this year's International Emmy Awards Gala in New York on November 23. Youssef is the former host …

NEW YORK: The TV Latina app has been updated for the L.A. Screenings, providing program listings, news and a host of other resources to help users make the most of their time while in Los Angeles, all delivered in Spanish. …

CHICAGO: Consumers want a world of "hyper-personalized" à la carte pay-TV entertainment, according to new research from Irdeto, moving away from bundles that contain channels they're not interested in. The research indicates that many consumers would consider changing their primary …