World Screen

NEW YORK: Christian Drobnyk has been made the senior VP of scheduling and acquisitions for Lifetime Networks. Drobnyk, based in New York, will oversee all acquisitions, scheduling and planning for Lifetime, Lifetime Movie Network and Lifetime Real Women. He will …

TORONTO: 9 Story Entertainment has sold its animated comedy series Almost Naked Animals to a host of new broadcasters in Europe and Latin America. The 40×22-minute series was picked up by Disney Channel Italy, Disney Channel India, Disney Channel Latin …

TORONTO: Frantic Films’ expanded summer slate, featuring more than 30 hours of programming, includes new seasons of the series Pitchin’ In and Princess, the second season of Todd and the Book of Pure Evil and Keep Your Head Up Kid: …

TOKYO: NHK World is to broadcast 13 programs that focus on war and peace in the August Chronicles lineup, to commemorate the anniversaries of the atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The series will reflect on the damage caused …

TORONTO: The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television has unveiled the nominations for the 26th annual Gemini Awards, with Flashpoint leading the pack with 17 nods and Call Me Fitz following with 16. The third season of Flashpoint is up …

ENGLEWOOD: New data from IHS indicates that linear TV will remain dominant through 2015, when DVR, on-demand and other forms of nonlinear content will only account for 15.8 percent of all TV viewing in the U.S. and just 12.7 percent in …

MONTREAL: HOLA Entertainment has scored the pan-regional broadcast rights for the Canadian Football League’s current season to air on the newly launched sports channel Viva Sports in Latin America. Viva Sports from MVS Televisión is part of the MVS Comunicaciones …

LONDON: Noel Hedges is leaving his role as the senior VP of sales and acquisitions for the Americas at ITV Studios Global Entertainment to take up the newly created post of senior VP of acquisitions at Shine International. Hedges will relocate from …

ENGLEWOOD: With subscriber gains helping to drive second-quarter revenues up by 21 percent to $2.62 billion, Liberty Global narrowed its net loss for the period from $684 million a year ago to $347 million. "Our second quarter results demonstrate continued …

LONDON: Passion Distribution has picked up the rights to distribute a slate of factual titles from Figure 8 Films, among them Conjoined at the Head and Transgender Teens, launching the shows to the international market at MIPCOM. Also included in …