World Screen

NEW YORK/SEATTLE: CBS Corporation is making full seasons of more than a dozen hit shows, including The Tudors, Numb3rs and Medium, available for streaming through Amazon. Through the non-exclusive deal, Amazon Prime customers can instantly stream and watch some 2,000 …

NEW YORK: Oxygen Media has appointed Teri Kennedy and David Gross to its production and development team. Kennedy, who will be based in New York, is now the VP of current production, while Gross, who will based in the Los …

SINGAPORE: Beach House Pictures has added Roger Cheng and Mashizan Masjum to its executive team. Cheng is now the content and business development director, while Masjum will series produce a slate of programs for AETN, National Geographic and Discovery Channel. …

MIAMI: Yolanda Talamo has been named chief human resources officer of the Cisneros Group. Talamo will be based at the Miami headquarters and is tasked with developing human resources strategies and corporate policies for all Cisneros Group companies. Talamo had …

NEW YORK: News Corporation is said to be considering placing Chase Carey in Rupert Murdoch’s CEO role. According to Bloomberg, the board at News Corp. has discussed promoting Carey—currently the deputy chairman, president and COO—to CEO, in place of Murdoch. …

TORONTO: Production has commenced on the new CBC Television series Redemption Inc. to premiere in winter 2012. The 8×1-hour series is produced by Proper Television and is hosted by Kevin O’Leary, the Canadian multimillionaire businessman and star of the reality …

LOS ANGELES: Daniel Tibbets has been appointed the senior VP of digital media, a newly created position at Bunim/Murray Productions. Tibbets will lead the company’s digital department in developing short-form programming for the web, mobile devices and other online and …

LONDON: News Corporation chief Rupert Murdoch said he was "humbled" as he faced the British Parliament’s culture, media and sport committee alongside his son James today in a hearing on the phone-hacking scandal. "This is the most humble day of …

LONDON: The factual series Seconds from Disaster has been re-commissioned by National Geographic Channel in the U.K. for six one-hour episodes that investigate natural disasters, set to premiere on September 5. The order comes after the success of its previous …

MADRID: Former FremantleMedia Spain exec Jose Palenzuela has joined the team of Notro TV, the content producer for Vértice 360, as director of programs. At FremantleMedia, Palenzuela was the director of content development, having led the Spanish adaptations of hit …