World Screen

EDINBURGH: The Centre for Moving Image (CMI) and the Scottish Documentary Institute have entered into a partnership to help provide doc-makers with unique platforms to attract audiences and broaden the way consumers can experience Scottish documentary filmmaking. The first collaboration …

LOS ANGELES: VenSat, a Chennai- and Hyderabad-based animation and special-effects studio, is expanding into the U.S. with operations in New York and Los Angeles and plans to step up its film and TV co-production efforts. VenSat America will be led by Ken …

NEW YORK: Luis Silberwasser, senior VP and international head of content at Discovery Networks International, discusses his goals for the new production and development unit he is heading up and for the TLC International services in this video interview.   …

TORONTO: A total of 50 Gemini Awards for Documentary, Lifestyle, News and Sports programming were presented last night at an event in Toronto hosted by The Listener‘s Ennis Esmer. The winner for Best Documentary Series was Licence to Drill from …

LOS ANGELES: This Thanksgiving holiday weekend, The Hub will present a special two-part premiere of the new half-hour animated action-adventure series G.I. Joe Renegades, starting November 26. The new animated series is a reimagining of the original G.I. Joe A …

NEW YORK: The Paley Center for Media’s International Council, focused on the theme The Rebirth of Media Worldwide, will include sessions with industry experts, in-depth conversations with meeting conveners and various other social events. The series of one-on-one sessions includes …

NEW YORK: Carl Icahn is appealing the decision by the Supreme Court of British Columbia upholding Lionsgate’s debt-equity swap with Mark Rachesky. The billionaire investor who is attempting a hostile takeover of the independent studio took issue with the Rachesky deal—the …

MIAMI: Venevision International’s telenovela Eva Luna, starring Guy Ecker, brought in more than 5.2 million viewers with its U.S. debut on the Univision Network. Eva Luna is produced in HD by Venevision Productions in association with Univision Studios. The show airs …

SILVER SPRING: Overall revenues rose 11 percent to $926 million at Discovery Communications, with net profit surging to $186 million, almost double the year-ago profit of $94 million. “Discovery continues to enjoy strong operational momentum across our businesses," said David …

NEW YORK: The new one-hour Spike TV series Most Lethal, produced by GRB Entertainment, features real-life warriors from the top levels of special operation forces facing off in a competition to determine who is the fiercest. The show challenges 12 …