World Screen

LOS ANGELES: Fox Networks and Fox Broadcasting Company have unveiled a new online authentication initiative that sees programming available only to pay-TV customers during an eight-day window. Starting August 15, video distributors that participate in the authentication service will have …

NEW YORK/BEVERLY HILLS: CBS Corporation and Netflix have entered into a two-year non-exclusive agreement for a selection of shows, including hits such as Californication and Dexter, to be streamed instantly for subscribers in Canada and Latin America. Starting in September, …

SILVER SPRING: Marking its first-ever 3D deals outside of the U.S., Discovery Networks International (DNI) has signed agreements with BSkyB and Virgin Media in the U.K. and J:COM in Japan for a range of 3D content. The deal with BSkyB …

LONDON: ITV Studios America’s president and chief executive Paul Buccieri is to take on the newly created role of managing director for ITV Studios International. Buccieri will be focused on the company’s international business strategy, with oversight for all of …

BERMUDA: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) reported a 24-percent year-on-year rise in second-quarter revenue to $249.7 million. Operating income before depreciation and amortisation (OIBDA) increased 35.7 percent to $62.7 million. Net income from continuing operations was $812,000, compared with a …

LONDON: On revenues that were up just 4 percent to £1.03 billion, ITV plc reported a half-year adjusted profit before tax of £204 million, reflecting a 73-percent increase on the year-ago period. Broadcasting and online revenues were relatively stable, rising 3 …

  This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2011 issue of World Screen.   It’s slick, it’s sexy, it’s stylish and oh so well written and acted. It’s Mad Men, the first basic-cable drama to win a Primetime Emmy for …

MIAMI: The Univision Network’s new reality series Protagonistas, where men and women compete for a spot as the next Univision telenovela star, is to premiere October 12. The Univision Studios and Imagina US production has begun auditioning contestants from around …

LOS ANGELES: A new original series featuring celebrity moms, Hollywood Moms’ Club, has been added to the TV Guide Network lineup, with the pilot episode premiering in November. Starring Alison Sweeney (The Biggest Loser) and Ali Landry (Eve), who also …

NEW YORK: Jon Hamm of Mad Men fame is set to guest star on the second season of the IFC comedy series The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, which returns in January 2012. Hamm will be featured with the …