World Screen

SANTA MONICA: Carl Icahn and son Brett Icahn have agreed to sell up to 44.2 million shares of Lionsgate common stock, which is nearly all their holdings, bringing to an end the financier’s three-year-long battle to take over the studio …

EL SEGUNDO: Only 13 percent of U.S. consumers who haven’t purchased a TV set in the last quarter plan to do so within the next 12 months, according to a survey by research firm IHS iSuppli. This is down from …

LOS ANGELES: MarVista Entertainment is to unveil a second season of Prank Patrol Australia at MIPCOM. The children’s reality series was created by Apartment 11 Productions and produced by activeTVAustralia. The Australian format was commissioned by ABC Television for ABC3. …

BURBANK: Disney Channel has ordered a third season of the series Good Luck Charlie, which is scheduled to premiere in early 2012. Good Luck Charlie was created by Phil Baker and Drew Vaupen (Suddenly Susan, What I Like About You) …

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES: Jon Ferro has been made the senior VP of U.S. program sales at Entertainment One (eOne). Ferro is responsible for all U.S. TV, VOD, SVOD and digital sales. He will report to Peter Emerson, the president of eOne …

NEW YORK: DIY Network is to broadcast six new original indoor-renovation series this fall, including I Hate My Bath, Kitchen Crashers, Brothers on Call and I Want That, as well as returning favorites. Beginning in September, I Hate My Bath, …

RIO DE JANEIRO: DIRECTV Latin America has secured the first and second seasons of the hit BBC Worldwide series Mad Dogs and Outcasts. Mad Dogs, which stars Max Beesley (Survivors, Hotel Babylon), Philip Glenister (Life on Mars, Cranford) and John …

TORONTO: Canada’s Shaftesbury is setting up a new division, Shaftesbury U.S., with headquarters in Los Angeles, to focus on development for the U.S. market. Tom Mazza, former president of Columbia TriStar Network Television, and senior development executive Maggie Murphy will …

NEW YORK: MTV2’s live coverage of the new season of Bellator Fighting Championships will be simulcast in HD on EPIX, starting September 10. This is MTV2’s second year as the cable home of Bellator. The channel is to feature the …

PARIS: The Montreux Comedy Market, managed by Basic Lead on behalf of the organizers of the long-running Montreux Comedy Festival, is set to take place December 1 to 5 in Montreux, Switzerland, with a focus on the TV adaptation of international …