World Screen

NEW YORK: Billionaire financier Carl Icahn has failed to gain a controlling interest in Lionsgate, with the conclusion of his tender offer leaving him with a 33.9 percent stake—up from just under 20 percent a few months ago. The tender offer …

TORONTO/NEW YORK: In this video interview, Marina Cordoni, the head of sales and business development for theatrical and TV movies at Breakthrough Entertainment, discusses the company’s film slate, while Nat Abraham, head of distribution, talks about the successes in the …

LONDON: In a speech yesterday, Sir Michael Lyons, chairman of the BBC, announced that the pubcaster will reveal how much it pays its on-air talent and said that senior management will take a 8.3-percent paycut over the next two years. …

TORONTO: The world premiere of the Family Channel original movie Vacation with Derek, from Shaftesbury Films, delivered more than 900,000 viewers over the age of 2. The premiere on June 25 at 8 p.m. also ranked as the number one …

MADRID: Antena 3 has commissioned ITV Studios Spain to produce a local version of entertainment reality show May the Best House Win, entitled Mi Casa es la Mejor. The hour-long episodes will air on Antena 3 in a 4 p.m. time …

NEW YORK/LONDON: Starting today, a fully localized Croatian feed of HISTORY channel will be available on B-Net. In Central and Eastern Europe, HISTORY and HISTORY HD already operate in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia …

LOS ANGELES: The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authority, in conjunction with U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), has announced a significant crackdown on Internet piracy, shutting down nine websites that offered unauthorized first-run movies …

BEIJING: Metan Development Group has confirmed Changan Ford as the exclusive title sponsor for the weekly entertainment series Hello! Hollywood, tailored to Chinese audiences. The new Ford Fiesta serves as the title sponsor of the show, presenting music countdown videos …

ENGLEWOOD: The MTV Networks-owned music channel Palladia has been added to the lineup of DISH Network, where it will take the place of Fuse. DISH customers who subscribe to America’s Top 200 and above now receive the channel, which airs …

ST. LOUIS/PHILADELPHIA: Sprout is now available on demand for customers with Charter TV in Digital across the U.S., with plans to make the preschool service’s digital cable channel available on a market by market basis by the end of the …