World Screen

LONDON/LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) Television International is extending its sales and distribution arm and restructuring its team as part of its efforts to drive the division's next phase of growth. Stuart Baxter, the president of eOne Television International, is …

NEW YORK/ATLANTA: Turner Broadcasting System is eliminating about 1,475 positions from its global workforce, with the layoffs to come from across the news, entertainment, kids, young adult and sports networks businesses. Turner currently employs about 14,000 staff across the globe. …

PARIS: Fred Graver, the creative lead at Twitter TV, is to make his first-ever presentation at MIPCOM, in a discussion about how Twitter is driving TV audience engagement, on Monday, October 13, at 3 p.m. Graver will be joined by …

LOS ANGELES: Linda Bell Blue, Gustavo Cisneros and Adriana Cisneros, Jay Leno, Jonathan Murray and Ted Sarandos are being honored with NATPE's 12th annual Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards at the January 2015 event in Miami. Craig Ferguson is hosting the …

NEW YORK: In this video, World Screen's Anna Carugati interviews Hearst's Steven R. Swartz at the International Academy's September Board & Members Meeting Luncheon.  

NEW YORK: TV Listings, the ultimate programming resource for buyers, is available as a digital edition, which is easy to print and take with you as you head to MIPCOM. You can view the digital edition here or download it …

HALIFAX/LOS ANGELES/LONDON: DHX Media is stepping up its efforts in the area of scripted prime-time programming, having signed a first-look deal with the indie production outfit New Metric Media. New Metric Media has a number of scripted series in development, …

TORONTO: NZ On Air and the Canada Media Fund (CMF) have partnered for a new million-dollar initiative that is meant to encourage digital media collaboration between New Zealand and Canada. The Canada-New Zealand Digital Media incentive has $C1 million ($888,500) …

LONDON: Currently the director of BBC Children's and CBBC and CBeebies, Joe Godwin is now set to become the director of the BBC Academy when it moves to its new home in Birmingham in 2015. Godwin has been the director …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2014 issue of World Screen. Audiences around the world loved Ted Danson as Sam Malone, the skirt-chasing ex-baseball star who owned the bar on Cheers. The hit sitcom aired for 11 years and …