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TORONTO: Actress and comedian Caroline Rhea is set to host this year’s Rockies Gala at the Banff World Media Festival, which will honor James Burrows, Howie Mandel, Eugene Levy, Edward Asner and Linda Ellerbee, among others. Rhea started her career …

SILVER SPRING: Investigation Discovery (ID) is launching the Beyond Productions series Behind Mansion Walls, which looks at stories of crime and investigation in the lives of the rich and famous, on June 6. The series shares stories of murder and …

LOS ANGELES: CBS Studios International stressed the broad appeal of its new shows, including A Gifted Man with Patrick Wilson, in its presentation to buyers yesterday, reports Elizabeth Guider from the L.A. Screenings. Patrick Wilson as a high-flying neuro surgeon who periodically …

MONTEREY: Steady increases in the monthly fees paid by pay-TV platforms to TV stations could drive overall U.S. broadcast retransmission fees to $3.61 billion in 2017 from $1.14 billion in 2010, reports SNL Kagan. SNL Kagan notes that retrans revenues …

NEW YORK: Like millions of other viewers, World Screen‘s group editorial director, Anna Carugati, watched the final episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show. She shares her personal journey with this phenomenal woman. I came late to The Oprah Winfrey Show. …

This feature originally appeared in the May/L.A. Screenings edition of World Screen. So much has changed in the tele­vision business: the number of platforms that offer programming, the many devices upon which consumers can enjoy content and the way viewers …

LONDON: Channel 4 has ordered Jamie’s Great Britain, featuring celebrity chef Jamie Oliver as he travels the country exploring the stories behind British ingredients and dishes, as well as a second season of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings. Each episode of …

PREMIUM: European programming quotas created back in the early days of commercial television are still in place, but the European Commission has come around to the view that application of such regulations for all channels is impractical, the Association of …

NEW YORK: Luis Silberwasser, the executive VP and chief content officer for Discovery Networks International (DNI), talks about TLC’s international rollout, as well as the strategy for local markets.     Although based in Miami, Silberwasser is in charge of the company’s …

LONDON: The prime-time entertainment format Secret Fortune is being given local treatments in Germany and Sweden via deals signed by DRG and Eyeworks. The format debuted on BBC One earlier this year, where the number-one-rating show consistently won the 8 p.m. …