World Screen

NEW YORK: Watch hundreds of clips and access detailed information on more than 1,000 new shows by visiting WorldScreenings.com’s dedicated Screening Rooms for MIPTV. WorldScreenings.com allows you to search for a show by company, title, keyword, genre and duration. Clips …

PARIS: In commemorating its 50th anniversary, MIPTV is presenting its first-ever Médaille d’Honneur awards, selecting six executives to recognize for their contributions to the international television business. The honorees are: Jan Mojto, the CEO of Beta Film; Armando Nuñez, the …

NEW YORK: The digital editions of World Screen—featuring interviews with Ryan Seacrest, Lionsgate’s Jon Feltheimer, Turner’s Gerhard Zeiler, The Walking Dead‘s Andrew Lincoln, Breaking Bad‘s Bryan Cranston and Vegas‘s Dennis Quaid, among many others—TV Europe, TV Formats, TV Kids, TV Real, TV Asia Pacific, TV Middle …

NEW YORK: World Screen is expanding its roster of annual publications with the addition of a September issue, which will be delivered to the desks of media executives ahead of MIPCOM. The September edition of World Screen will serve as …

TORONTO: Andy Schreiber has become a sales executive for the distribution division of Peace Point Entertainment, Peace Point Rights. Based in Los Angeles, Schreiber will be charged with bringing the company’s catalogues to the U.S. market including theatrical, television, home …

CANNES: The hugely popular Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports property Bellator is already attracting a great deal of interest for FremantleMedia International in the Middle East and Africa. The company has high hopes that its female-skewed entertainment show XOX, Betsey …

PREMIUM: A+E Networks’ president and CEO, Abbe Raven, talks to World Screen about the importance of event television and creating communities and outreach programs around great content. WS: You were involved in the launch of HISTORY and in the re-invention …

SEATTLE: Amazon Studios has given the go-ahead to a pilot for Zombieland, the seventh comedy pilot for its Prime Instant Video service. Zombieland is based on the hit movie from Colombia Pictures of the same name. The pilot comes from …

TORONTO: Good God, a comedy series from Shaftesbury, is headed to Foxtel’s The Comedy Channel in Australia, where it is due to debut later this month. Starring Ken Finkleman, Good God centers on a left-leaning television producer who becomes the …

NEW YORK: Twitter has been identified as one of three statistically significant variables to align with TV ratings, in addition to prior-year rating and ad spend.  Research from Nielsen and SocialGuide shows a correlation between Twitter and TV ratings, driven by …