World Screen

TORONTO: Hot Docs has set up a special one-off charity screening of Restrepo, in memory of co-director Tim Hetherington, who was killed in an explosion in the Libyan city of Misrata last week. The screening will be held at the …

VANCOUVER: The Endemol-distributed Canadian drama Endgame has built-in international appeal and offers an alternative to the traditional crime procedural, Shawn Doyle and Avrum Jacobson, its star and creator, respectively, tell World Screen Newsflash in this video interview.   Expanding its …

SILVER SPRING: The documentary Off the Rez, which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival this week, is making its way to TLC on May 14 for a 9 p.m. premiere. From director Jonathan Hock and executive producers Kelly Ripa and …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: John Grisham’s bestselling novel The Firm is being adapted into a 22-episode television drama by Entertainment One Television (eOne) for Sony Pictures Television’s (SPT) AXN channels worldwide. Produced by eOne Television in association with SPT networks and Paramount Pictures, …

NEW YORK: Spike TV has ordered a third season of 13 episodes of its original scripted comedy Blue Mountain State, produced by Varsity Pictures and Lionsgate. The second season of the show delivered a 33-percent gain on the freshman run …

SILVER SPRING: Strong ad revenue gains at its international networks helped drive Discovery Communications’ first-quarter revenues up by 9 percent to $951 million. Net profit for the company, meanwhile, almost doubled to $305 million. The quarter includes a gain of …

SÃO PAULO: Globo TV International has sold India: A Love Story to MediaCorp for its Channel 5 service in Singapore. Written by Glória Perez, who also penned The Clone, India: A Love Story is a drama that features the differences …

MODENA: SPT Networks Central Europe has picked up the pay-TV rights to the anime series Deltora Quest from The Licensing Machine. The 52×30-minute show, produced by DCI, is set to air across SPT’s networks in Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, …

LONDON: For the nine months ended March 31, 2011, BSkyB’s revenues increased by 14 percent to £4.8 billion, delivering an operating profit of £790 million, 24-percent higher than the year-ago period. The company how has more than 10.1 million customers, …

UNIVERSAL CITY: The premiere of NBC’s new singing competition The Voice delivered the highest rating with adults 18 to 49 for a series premiere on a major broadcast network since Undercover Boss debuted post-Super Bowl in February 2010. With the …