World Screen

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Communications’ international networks posted a 20-percent revenue gain in the second quarter to $368 million, while the U.S. network revenues were up 6 percent to $660 million. The international networks posted strong ad revenues gains, rising 25 percent …

LONDON: Endemol Games UK is launching a motion control sensor game based on the Total Wipeout format, to be available through Facebook as well as through a downloadable app. The game, Total Wipeout: Big Ball Run, features patented technology from …

NEW YORK: Rick Pérez, the senior VP and general manager of films and series at Turner Broadcasting System Latin America (TBSLA), and Gerardo Kerik, the VP of marketing and creative services at TBSLA, discuss the international rollout of Falling Skies …

EL SEGUNDO: Record subscriber growth at its Latin American business and a 13-percent boost in U.S. ARPU drove DIRECTV’s second-quarter revenues up by 13 percent to reach $6.6 billion, delivering a net profit that rose by 29 percent to $701 …

TEL AVIV: Norway’s TV2 has ordered a second season of the Armoza Formats game show Upgrade, which will see 48 new episodes produced for the local market by Strix. Under the local title Oppgrader!, the show will air four days …

LONDON: Monica Galer has been tapped to focus solely on the management, strategy and business development of FremantleMedia France as company president. Galer had been working in a dual capacity for the past two years. Galer has been CEO of …

LONDON: The fall lineup of CBS Drama in the U.K. is to feature a special True Stories season, with a slate of TV movies whose stories are based on actual events. The lineup will air weekends from September to October. …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: David Lyle, who previously served as president of Fox LOOK and president of FremantleMedia North America, has been named CEO of National Geographic Channels U.S. and global programming. Lyle has been working with National Geographic management as the …

LONDON: UKTV has scored the exclusive U.K. premiere broadcast rights to the fantasy cop drama Grimm from NBCUniversal International Television Distribution as part of a package of first-run series. Grimm, created by Jim Kouf (Angel) and David Greenwalt (Buffy the …

MOSCOW/LONDON/NEW YORK: Nicholas Walters has been promoted to VP and general manager of Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) for Russia and CIS, a newly created position. Based between London and Moscow, Walters will be responsible for the strategy, development and …