World Screen

NEW YORK: Al Jazeera America has rejected the claims filed by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt earlier this week regarding money owed from the sale of Current TV, calling the allegations "blatantly false." Al Jazeera America has said that the …

LONDON: Global TV advertising expenditure is expected to reach $236 billion in 2020, up by 38 percent from last year, thanks to spending on the World Cup and economic improvements in much of Europe, according to Digital TV Research. TV …

LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) Licensing has lined up new marketing initiatives and apparel and accessories licensing partners for the Skelanimals lifestyle brand. There are 2-minute-long animated shorts currently in production for release in spring 2015. An updated Skelanimals website and …

GLENDALE: Fazal Merchant is joining the team at DreamWorks Animation in the role of chief financial officer, taking over from Lew Coleman, who is moving to the post of vice chairman. Merchant takes up the new position officially as of …

NEW YORK: Former U.S. VP Al Gore has filed a lawsuit against Al Jazeera America regarding money owed from the sale of Current TV. The suit, filed by Gore and business partner Joel Hyatt, alleges that the Qatar-owned network has …

NEW YORK: Stuart Baxter, the president of Entertainment One Television International, talks about the programming that has emerged from deals with AMC Networks and El Rey Network in the U.S. and his plans for growth in this ever-changing business. WS: …

LONDON: Nigel Pickard is set to join Dial Square 86, the new production company founded by RDF Media and Zodiak Media veteran David Frank. In April, Pickard stepped down as CEO of Zodiak UK Kids and chair of The Foundation. …

LONDON/NEW YORK: In its biannual This Year, Next Year report, GroupM forecasts that global advertising investments in 2015 will reach $560 billion, finally exceeding the pre-crisis peak of 2007-08. The U.S. still accounts for a quarter of global ad dollars, …

Ben Silverman, the founder and chairman of Electus, and Kjartan Thor Thordarson, the chairman of Sagafilm, discuss the dramedy World’s End, based on an Icelandic series. Bored to Death showrunner Jonathan Ames is adapting the Icelandic dramedy World’s End (Heimsendir) for …

PREMIUM: Farah Ramzan Golant, the CEO of all3media, tells World Screen that when Discovery Communications and Liberty Global formed a joint venture to acquire all3media, she saw an opportunity to take the company to the next level, all the while …