World Screen

SYDNEY: Monica Forlano, the head of program scheduling at Australia’s Network Ten, agrees with the general consensus at the L.A. Screenings that the Hollywood studios “remain the experts in making quality content.” Like other programming executives who viewed pilots of …

CHARLOTTESVILLE: Comcast Cable remains the number one pay-TV platform in the world with 22 million customers at end 2012, according to an SNL Kagan report, followed closely by China’s Jiangsu Broadcasting with 20.9 million and then DIRECTV with 20.1 million. …

SEATTLE/NEW YORK: Amazon has secured a multi-year, multi-national digital video licensing agreement to bring hundreds of TV shows from the Viacom catalogue to its Prime Instant Video service. Prime members gain unlimited streaming access to kids’ shows such as Bubble Guppies, …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2013 issue of World Screen.   Among its numerous critically acclaimed series, Lionsgate produces the multi-Emmy Award-winning Mad Men, the show that ushered in a new standard for stylish, sexy and provocative drama …

PARIS: Among the speakers already confirmed to take part in MIPCOM’s Media Mastermind conference program are Bravo and Style Media’s Frances Berwick, FremantleMedia’s Cécile Frot-Coutaz, Relativity Media’s Ryan Kavanaugh and Amazon Studios’ Roy Price. Berwick is the president of Bravo …

NEW YORK: Anthony Zuiker, the creator of the CSI franchise, talks to World Screen Newsflash about his interactive digital series Cybergeddon as well as new projects, including Whodunnit? for ABC. WS: Does writing for the web offer different freedoms compared to …

BRUSSELS: The Rose d’Or awards were presented in six categories, honoring the best and most creative entertainment programs, including Sky’s Spy, which won for best sitcom. The Belgian series What If? won for best comedy, while the U.K.’s Spy was …

LONDON: Sarah Wright, the controller of acquisitions at Sky in the U.K., tells World Screen Newsflash that she was impressed with the number of pilots and the variety of programming genres unveiled by the Hollywood studios at the L.A. Screenings …

LONDON: The Sound of Change Live, a concert event presented by the Chime for Change global campaign for girls’ and women’s empowerment, is set to air in more than 150 countries across six continents, available to up to 1 billion …

SEATTLE: The comedy pilots Alpha House and Betas, along with the kids’ pilots Annebots, Creative Galaxy and Tumbleaf, are headed into production for full series that will air exclusively in the U.S. on Amazon’s Prime Instant Video. Amazon and LOVEFiLM …