World Screen

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER: The Supreme Court of the State of New York has denied the preliminary injunction sought by Carl Icahn regarding Lionsgate’s debt-for-equity swap. Icahn has gone before two courts, one previously in Canada, to argue that the deleveraging transaction …

NEW YORK: Journalist Isaac Lee takes up the president post for the news division at Univision, while Alexander "Sandy" Brown is to serve as president of sports. Lee most recently founded and served as chairman and editor-in-chief of the magazine …

MONTREAL: Astral Media has named Jacques Parisien as its executive VP and chief operating officer, tapped to drive the new one-company focus and strategy. Parisien has been with Astral since 1994, serving as group president of Astral Radio and out-of-home …

LONDON: Sony Pictures Television’s 2waytraffic International is set to launch the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 2011 game for the iPhone and iPod touch. The game will also be available as an HD version for iPad users. The new …

SINGAPORE: Taiwan’s Public Television Service (TPS) has picked up the Globo TV International production Recycling: Ticket to the Future, which is part of the GloboDOC strand. The documentary is about recycling, showing how Brazil is pioneering diverse processes of reusing …

STUDIO CITY: Crown Media Holdings, which owns and operates Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel, has sealed a multi-year renewal agreement with the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) that keeps the networks available to the 1,000 member companies. Among the …

MUNICH: The TV adaptation of Ken Follett’s international bestseller The Pillars of the Earth is making its way to a number of Asian territories, with Tandem Communications scoring deals with NHK and KBS, among others. In Japan, NHK is set to …

SINGAPORE: Through an extended license agreement between Disney Media Distribution and Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM), a range of Disney animated content is set for broadcast on the free-to-air channels TV1 and TV2 in Malaysia. The deal covers hit box-office movies …

TORONTO: Two new one-hour original pilots, Saving Hope and Stay with Me, have been ordered by CTV, which also gave a pickup to the drama series Highland Gardens. Saving Hope is a fast-paced drama set in a Toronto hospital that …

LOS ANGELES: With still seven weeks till the NATPE Market and Conference, registration numbers are giving organizers reason to believe that the move to Miami is breathing new life into the event, which will be held January 24 to 26.  …