World Screen

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER, February 12: Third quarter profit at Lionsgate fell to $2 million from the $20.5 million recorded in the same period last year, on revenues that were 14 percent higher, at $290.9 million, reflecting its best revenue performance ever …

LOS ANGELES, February 12: The J.R.R. Tolkien estate has filed a $150-million suit against Time Warner’s New Line Cinema over unpaid royalties from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. According to reports, the complaint was filed yesterday in Los Angeles …

NEW YORK, February 12: According to market research firm Centris, there are significant gaps in digital TV signal coverage across the U.S., with more than 40 million homes receiving over-the-air analogue signals, just one year ahead of the DTV transition …

LONDON, February 11: Chris Kerwin and Scott Jeffrey have joined Five as part of an expansion of the British terrestrial’s digital media team. Kerwin has been appointed to the newly created role of digital controller, in which he oversees the …

HARRINGTON PARK, February 11: Jack Lemmon: America’s Everyman, the sixth title released from Janson Media’s Hollywood Collection, is now available for all television, home-entertainment and new-media markets worldwide. Narrated on-camera by Jack Lemmon himself, the profile includes interviews with Lemmon’s …

TORONTO, February 11: Portfolio Entertainment’s clone-themed animated comedy series for tweens, Carl2, has been renewed for an additional season in Belgium and Israel. The renewals come on the heels of six nominations for the series in the Canadian Awards for …

TORONTO, February 11: Shaftesbury Films’ live-action kids’ comedy series Life with Derek has been licensed to Grosset & Dunlap, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, for chapter novels. The deal was brokered Joy Tashjian Marketing Group (JTMG), and lays …

LONDON, February 11: National Geographic Television International (NGTI) has concluded a number of sales to German broadcasters including Super RTL, N24 and Kabel 1. Super RTL has picked up an initial package of nine hours of programming from NGTI, including …

SINGAPORE, February 11: activeTV has optioned the format rights to the hit BBC celebrity ancestry series Who Do You Think You Are? from British independent outfit Wall to Wall. The series was recently commissioned for a fifth season in the …

LONDON, February 11: Mercury Media has teamed up with the British newspaper The Independent for the launch of its new joiningthedots.tv (JTD) service, which will offer a range of independent documentaries over broadband. The partnership will create an independent online …