World Screen

LAUSANNE: A summit of key IOC executives, sports federation heads and Olympics committee leaders has backed the creation of a year-round Olympic TV channel. The Olympic Summit convened in Lausanne this past weekend to discuss various issues, including a new …

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix has inked a deal to become the exclusive Canadian subscription television service for first-run live-action and animated feature films from The Walt Disney Studios. The pact kicks off in 2015 and will cover new titles from Disney …

NEW YORK: In this video interview, Sensitive Skin co-stars and exec producers Kim Cattrall and Don McKellar discuss the new series and talk about embracing these two characters.   This Sunday, July 20, HBO Canada is debuting the Canadian dramedy …

DUBAI: The online streaming platform ICFLIX has entered into an agreement with PTCL to create a joint streaming service in Pakistan, offering a range of Bollywood and Hollywood content. The deal allows PTCL customers to opt into the ICFLIX streaming …

ATLANTA: Christina Miller has been appointed president and general manager for Turner Broadcasting System's Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Boomerang, as well as their digital brand extensions, following the departure of Stuart Snyder in March. Miller has been serving as …

LONDON: The number of homes paying for IPTV is set to surge to 191 million by the end of 2020, with the Asia Pacific accounting for 61 percent of the global subscribers, according to Digital TV Research. The forecast of …

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES: Shaftesbury is set to adapt the young-adult book trilogy Wondrous Strange for television after acquiring the rights to the novels. The three books, from Canadian author Lesley Livingston, follow the journey of a young woman who learns she’s …

SAN FRANCISCO: The World Cup final, which saw Germany's 1-0 victory over Argentina, broke global records on Twitter and also marked the biggest sporting event in the history of Facebook. Twitter said that yesterday's game peaked at 618,725 tweets a …

NEW YORK: In June, ABC's Rising Star was the most-buzzed-about show in social media, with some 137,000 tweets, according to new data from The WIT. The singing talent contest format Rising Star originally aired in Israel on Channel 2 and …

AMSTERDAM: According to a new global survey from Irdeto, 70 percent of U.S. consumers and 72 percent of U.K. respondents say they are unlikely to watch pirated content, while the majority of those in the Asia Pacific are open to …