World Screen

BURBANK: ABC is set to launch a true-crime series, Final Witness, this summer, looking at shocking murder cases. The seven-episode show premieres June 27 at 10 p.m. Each episode will focus on one case, using a mix of interviews with real-life …

LOS ANGELES: In its first volume licensing deal, New Zealand broadcaster Prime TV has secured the exclusive free-TV rights to a range of new series from CBS Studios International. “Prime has been the only channel in New Zealand without a major studio supply …

TORONTO/LONDON: Entertainment One reported a pre-tax profit for the year ended March 31, 2012 of £23.1 million ($36.1 million) on revenues that were 7 percent higher at £502.7 million ($785.7 million). The company reported film-division revenues of £272 million ($425 …

LONDON: U.K.-based research firm Ovum has issued new analysis on over-the-top TV platforms, finding that they still have a long way to go before they can serve as adequate alternatives to traditional pay-TV services. “While we expect OTT to become …

LOS ANGELES: Wrapping up her L.A. Screenings coverage, Elizabeth Guider reports on the NBCUniversal and Sony Pictures Television presentations and surveys a number of buyers on their overall impression of the new shows presented this week. Voodoo tribalism was the theme of Warner …

SYDNEY: According to reports, former MGM chairman Harry Sloan has approached the private equity firms CVC Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs to buy a controlling stake in Australia’s Nine Entertainment. Sloan was reportedly in Sydney earlier this month to start …

PARIS/MONTREAL: New research from Euroconsult indicates that the number of homes subscribing to satellite pay-TV services will reach almost 350 million by 2021, up from 184 million in 2011. Satellite pay-TV revenues were almost $90 billion last year, as compared …

LOS ANGELES: On the Paramount lot where CBS Studios is holding its viewing sessions, one thing was, well, Elementary—the off-kilter take on the classic Sherlock Holmes story has been getting nods of approval from most prospective customers all week. Some …

SYDNEY: Foxtel and Austar have completed their merger, creating a unified national pay-TV service under the Foxtel brand that has a reach of 2.2 million subscriber households. The new company will operate under the Foxtel name, but the billing, equipment and …

NEW YORK: B-roll and outtakes from HBO series, films and mini-series are being offered as part of The Premiere Collection from HBO Archives’ clip licensing library. The material is now available for licensing to productions such as commercials, documentaries and feature …