World Screen

BEIJING: Among those format sellers slated to attend the first International Formats Forum (IFF) China, held November 11 through 13 at Beijing’s Great Wall Sheraton Hotel, are FremantleMedia, Disney, ITV Studios Global Entertainment and KBS. Also on hand will be Nigel …

PALISADES PARK: For the 22nd consecutive year, Alfred Haber has been named the exclusive international distributor for the Grammy Awards. The 53rd annual awards will take place in Los Angeles on February 13, to air live on CBS. The three-and-a-half-hour …

HYDERABAD: DQ Entertainment and PT Metropolitan Televisindo (B-Channel) of Indonesia have signed co-production and distribution agreements on The Jungle Book and The New Adventures of Peter Pan. B-Channel now holds the rights for free TV, free VOD, IPTV and home-video …

NEW YORK: Customers of Verizon FiOS TV will have access to a range of 3D feature films available on demand starting next month, with titles such as Disney’s A Christmas Carol and Bolt. Starting November 16 with Cats & Dogs: …

BETHPAGE: With the carriage spat between Cablevision and Fox leaving subscribers unable to watch the World Series, the provider has made an appeal to government entities and non-profit organizations to retransmit coverage of baseball’s biggest event over the Internet for …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER: Lionsgate, alleging that the Carl Icahn is playing a "double game" by reversing his position on a merger with MGM, has filed suit against the billionaire financier. The independent studio, in its court filing, notes that in March …

ATLANTA: Former Will & Grace star Eric McCormack has been cast in the lead role of TNT’s new dramatic pilot Perception (working title), produced by ABC Studios. The pilot is executive produced by Kenneth Biller (Smallville) and co-executive produced by …

MEXICO CITY: Televisa International is headed to Dubai for the MyContent convention, taking place November 29 to December 1, with a range of telenovelas, series, formats and licensed products to offer buyers. The slate includes the novelas Triumph of Love, …

KNOXVILLE: Scripps Networks Interactive is establishing a global headquarters in Knoxville, where the majority of the company’s operations are based. This coincides with the completion of a new 150,000 square-foot operating facility in West Knoxville. About 850 of the company’s …

BURBANK: Lea Thompson, Constance Marie and Katie Leclerc have been cast in the new ABC Family pilot Switched at Birth, currently in pre-production for the network. The one-hour scripted drama tells the story of two tween girls who discover that …