World Screen

LONDON/NEW YORK: Animate Chapman is a new global animation competition that challenges creators to animate pieces from Graham Chapman’s Monty Python sketches, coinciding with the release of the new feature film A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s …

LONDON: Building on their current partnership, Chellomedia and CBS Studios International are launching branded channels in 83 territories across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The pact expands on the previous U.K. venture for CBS-branded channels that launched in November …

NEW YORK: Ryan Murphy, behind hits such as Glee and American Horror Story as well as the upcoming The New Normal, is being honored at this year’s International Emmy Awards Gala with the Founders Award. The Founders Award recognizes an …

LONDON: Guillermo Sierra has been appointed as BBC Worldwide’s new senior VP and general manager of channels and branded services for Latin America and the U.S. Hispanic market. In his new position, Sierra will be charged with the strategic development …

NEW YORK: Sundance Channel is set to launch in Thailand on TrueVisions and will make its debut in China as an on-demand service. Sundance is now available on digital satellite and cable on TrueVisions as a subtitled 24/7 linear channel in high definition. …

LOS ANGELES: Ilyssa Goodman has been hired as the new director of distribution for Rubicon Group Holding (RGH). Goodman will work out of RGH Entertainment’s Los Angeles office, where she will answer to David Corbett, the company’s executive director for …

NEW YORK: David Ellender, the global CEO of FremantleMedia Enterprises, discusses the company’s expansion into U.S. scripted drama and kids’ content in this video interview, and highlights the strengths of its entertainment and factual slates.   It has been more …

LOS GATOS: Despite returning to profit in the second quarter on improved revenues of $889 million, Netflix saw its share price fall today as investors reacted to the company’s cautious outlook for subscriber growth this year. The company reported a profit …

LONDON: NBCUniversal is planning to offer what it is calling an "unprecedented" level of digital and social-media coverage of the London Olympic Games, including live streaming more than 3,500 total hours, rolling out two new apps and partnering with Facebook, …

GLENDALE: DreamWorks Animation has agreed to pay $155 million in cash to acquire Classic Media, securing access to a library of IP that includes Casper the Friendly Ghost, Where’s Waldo? and Lassie. DreamWorks Animation sealed the deal with Boomerang Media Holdings, …