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PREMIUM: Niall Curran, the president of Chellomedia, talks to World Screen about how the company is rolling out an array of on-demand, multiscreen and social-media features to accompany its bouquet of channels. WS: What does Chellomedia want to offer consumers? …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2013 issue of World Screen.   Since the 1980s, Tom Fontana has been changing television. The medical drama St. Elsewhere, one of the first ensemble series, destroyed the concept that doctors are infallible. …

Buyers are still in the midst of making their way through screening the 40-plus new network shows at the Hollywood studios this week. If you missed any of the coverage from our contributing editor, Elizabeth Guider, you can catch up …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES: Missed any of our L.A. Screenings and Upfront coverage? Catch up on all of it here, from our season grid to analysis of the network schedules and Elizabeth Guider’s reports from the studio’s presentations to buyers. World …

TORONTO: marblemedia has reached an agreement to take over Distribution360, which represents such properties as Puppy SOS, Splatalot and Olive the Ostrich. Distribution360 was originally co-founded by marblemedia and SEVEN24 Films. Following the closing of the acquisition, which is expected …

TORONTO: Gilles Godard, who has been with ole for seven years, is transitioning to the newly created position of VP of corporate affairs and development. Godard, who most recently served as the company’s chief creative officer in Nashville, will now …

PREMIUM: If it breaks out domestically, a show called The Blacklist could turn Sony Pictures Television into the hottest “indie” studio in town, making its international arm the de facto biggest winner of this week’s L.A. Screenings marathon. Toplining James …

PREMIUM: A small-screen version of the movie About a Boy and a cop comedy called Brooklyn Nine-Nine got thumbs-up from a variety of international program buyers as being “promising” hopefuls among the nine new network series being launched around the …

SCOTTSDALE: The number of worldwide pay-TV subscriber households grew by 8 percent in 2012, according to the Multimedia Research Group (MRG), primarily led by demand in emerging markets. The total number of pay-TV subscribers—cable, satellite and IPTV—now tops 800 million households. MRG …

LOS ANGELES: "Consistency and stability" of product are what makes overseas buyers feel confident in doing deals with CBS Studios International, Armando Nuñez, president and CEO of the CBS Global Distribution Group, told World Screen Newsflash as the studio unveiled its new slate. It’s one …