World Screen

NEW YORK: Productions from Lebanon, Turkey and Brazil are among the nominees for this year’s International Digital Emmy Awards, which will be presented at MIPTV on April 4. The three categories—Digital Program: Children & Young People, Digital Program: Fiction and Digital Program: Non-Fiction—feature …

BURBANK: The Lying Game is the latest addition to ABC Family’s series pickups, following on the one-hour dramas The Nine Lives of Chloe King and Switched at Birth and the half-hour comedy The Great State of Georgia. The Lying Game, …

STOCKHOLM: Viaplay is a new multiplatform on-demand pay-TV service from Modern Times Group (MTG) that is making its debut in Scandinavia in March. The new service will enable Viasat subscribers to use a single ID and password to access Viasat …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group (MTG) is set to launch Viasat History, Viasat Nature, Viasat Explorer and Viasat Crime in Africa on February 28. The four channels will initially be made available to satellite pay-TV subscribers in Nigeria and cable pay-TV …

EL SEGUNDO: With revenues up 11 percent to $6.6 billion, DIRECTV emerged from last year’s fourth-quarter loss of $32 million to record a profit of $618 million. “Our fourth quarter results capped off one of DIRECTV’s strongest years ever as we further …

HONG KONG: Disney Media Distribution has signed broadcast deals to bring the 83rd Academy Awards to 28 territories across the Asia Pacific. The event, which honors outstanding achievements in film for 2010, is set to air on February 27, with …

LONDON: Optomen International has notched up a number of sales in French-speaking territories for new and classic programming centered on celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. The chef’s latest series, Ramsay’s Best Restaurant, sold to French DTT network W9. The series is …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC has picked up new seasons of The Biggest Loser, Who Do You Think You Are? and The Sing-Off for the 2011-12 season. The tenth season of The Biggest Loser averaged a 3.1 rating, 8 share in adults 18 …

NEW YORK: Syfy has taken on all 31 episodes of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which ran for two seasons on FOX, from Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. The series joins Syfy on April 7, with back to back episodes …

SEATTLE: Members of Amazon’s Prime service now have access to unlimited, commercial-free instant streaming of more than 5,000 movies and TV shows at no additional cost. Prime membership is continued at $79 per year, even with the new streaming availability. …