World Screen

LOS ANGELES: FOX has renewed The Simpsons for two additional seasons, solidifying its place as the longest-running scripted show in TV history and taking the animated series to a total of 559 episodes. After a reported stand-off between Twentieth Century …

BURBANK: Under the signing of a new contract, Bob Iger will continue as the CEO of The Walt Disney Company through March 31, 2015, with a new successor to be named at that time and Iger carrying on as executive …

LOS GATOS: Netflix is no longer separating its streaming and DVD businesses, scrapping its plans to rename its DVD-by-mail service Qwikster. In early September, Neflix had said in a blog post that its DVD rental service would operate under the name …

LONDON: In a bid to reach savings of about £670 million annually by 2016/17, the BBC has announced a number of measures, including axing about 2,000 jobs across the organization. The proposed cost-cuts by BBC management come in the wake of …

CANNES: MIPCOM ends in Cannes today with attendance figures at more than 12,500, Laurine Garaude, director of the television division, announced at a press conference this morning, including some 4,360 buyers, up from 12,400 attendees at last year’s market. Participants …

CANNES: MIPCOM’s Acquisition Superpanel—What Do Buyers Want? session featured an engaging conversation between CTV’s Mike Cosentino, Sky’s Sarah Wright, Channel 5’s Jeff Ford, Televisa’s Carlos Sandoval and World Screen’s Anna Carugati about programming strategies, memorable negotiations, signature acquisitions, digital media …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Channel and the BBC are aligning for the co-production of the eight-part series History of the World, which seeks to provide the definitive account of human civilization.  The program, which uses CGI, dramatic reconstructions and footage from …

TORONTO: Hot Docs has brought on Charlotte Cook as its new director of programming, joining from a post as the head of film programming at Frontline Club in London.  She will lead the programming team at Hot Docs that includes …

HONG KONG: On October 15, the French-language TV5MONDE is to launch the new show Epicerie Fine, hosted by the multi-Michelin star chef Guy Martin as he honors signature ingredients of French haute cuisine.  Each half-hour episode features a profile of …

CUPERTINO: Steve Jobs, Apple’s co-founder and the mastermind behind the iPhone, iPad, iPod, iMac and iTunes, has passed away at the age of 56.  Jobs co-founded Apple Computer in 1976, with Steve Wozniak, and marketed what was considered at the …