World Screen

NEW YORK: Nielsen reports that the number of online video streams in the U.S. rose 7 percent to 14.5 billion in March, with the number of unique online viewers up 3.6 percent to 144.2 million. Online viewers streamed 3 percent more …

NEW YORK: Interior designer and television personality Thom Filicia has inked a development deal with HGTV. The pact includes several future projects, plus guest appearances on HGTV series and a starring role in a holiday special. "We are excited to welcome …

LOS ANGELES: The official English-subtitled episodes of Toriko, a teen-skewing action/adventure anime series, will begin streaming online today, Toei Animation and FUNimation Entertainment have announced, within days of the Japanese broadcast. The episodes will appear online four days after the Japanese …

LONDON: Content has picked up the international rights to 96 Minutes, an independent drama, based on true events, written and directed by Aimee Lagos and starring Brittany Snow and Evan Ross. The film, which picked up an award at the …

NEW YORK: A total of 20 new series and 22 returning shows are headed to Food Network and Cooking Channel for the upcoming season, Scripps Networks announced at its Upfront presentation. At Cooking Channel, highlights include, from Shaftesbury, From Spain with Love, which …

SILVER SPRING: A U.S. version of the British series Big Fat Gypsy Weddings is among the broad range of 2011-2012 programs unveiled by TLC at its Upfront presentation today. The network has acquired the original Channel 4 production and is at …

LONDON/TEL AVIV: Reporting reduced revenues of $47 million for 2010, Dori Media Group also announced its intention to delist from the AIM London Stock Exchange. The company said that maintaining an AIM listing results in costs that are "disproportionately high when compared to …

SYDNEY: Beginning in May, ABC1 in Australia will replace its morning kids’ block with a breakfast news program, while ABC2 will extend its preschool schedule to 13 hours daily. ABC News Breakfast is moving from ABC2 to ABC1 on May 1. …

MIAMI: Thanks to its new novela La Reina del Sur, Telemundo says it beat Univision, ABC, NBC and Telefutura among adults 18 to 34 last week, the best ratings week in its history. During the week of April 4, the …

TORONTO: Linus Roache and Geraldine Somerville will lead the cast of the four-part mini-series Titanic for Global and ABC, which begins filming in Budapest next month. From Nigel Stafford Clark and Julian Fellowes, the event mini-series will simulcast on Global …