World Screen

NEW YORK: A+E Networks has presented upcoming programming highlights across its channel bouquet, including a cross-network event series based on the TV classic Roots. HISTORY, A&E and Lifetime have greenlit the Roots scripted event series. Will Packer (Ride Along, Think …

NEW YORK: Jens Richter, the CEO of FremantleMedia International, tells World Screen about some of the newest highlights from the company's slate.   When Richter became CEO of FremantleMedia International (FMI) earlier this year, he brought with him years of …

BEVERLY HILLS: The Dr. Seuss classic Green Eggs and Ham is being adapted as a TV series, which Netflix is planning to launch globally in 2018. The 13-episode series is based on the global best-selling children's book. Jared Stern (The …

ENGLEWOOD: Starz's subscriber base has hit a new high of 23.7 million, adding 400,000 subs in the first three months of the year, with Q1 revenues rising by 7 percent to $450.7 million. “We delivered strong year-over-year revenue and earnings …

TOKYO: Sony Corporation is forecasting a profit of 140 billion yen ($1.2 billion) for the current financial year ending March 31, 2016, announcing improved revenues and a narrower loss for fiscal 2015. Revenues were up by 5.8 percent to 8.2 …

NEW YORK: Restructuring charges of $784 million at Viacom during the second quarter resulted in the media conglomerate reporting a net loss of $53 million, as compared with a year-ago profit of $502 million. The company's overall revenues were down …

NEW YORK: At Hulu's Upfront Presentation today in New York, the company announced its acquisition of the exclusive SVOD rights for all episodes of Seinfeld, as well as a new, multiyear agreement with AMC Networks that gives it the streaming …

NEW YORK: Time Warner has reported a revenue increase of 5 percent to $7.1 billion in the first quarter, with growth across all divisions and a particularly strong performance from its Turner networks. First-quarter net income totaled $970 million compared to …

LONDON: BBC Director-General Tony Hall has been named chair of the RTS Cambridge Convention 2015, which will feature such headline speakers as Viacom's Philippe Dauman, HBO's Michael Lombardo and AMC Networks' Josh Sapan. The biennial event, which takes place in Cambridge …

NEW YORK: According to the second annual Digital Content NewFronts: Digital Video Spend Study, 68 percent of marketers and agency executives expect to see their digital video ad budgets increase in the next 12 months, while 67 percent anticipate their …