World Screen

NEW YORK: Speaking to CBS shareholders yesterday, Sumner Redstone, executive chairman of Viacom and CBS Corporation, reiterated that he has no plans to sell either of the companies. According to wire reports, Redstone said: "I will never, N-E-V-E-R, sell Viacom or CBS," …

LOS ANGELES/LONDON: DRG has been tapped to represent The Gurin Company’s newly commissioned entertainment format Get Up and Dance, which is slated to premiere later this year on CMT in the U.S. DRG holds the worldwide rights, excluding North America …

SILVER SPRING: The documentary Cropsey, which examines the mystery surrounding five missing children in Staten Island and the real-life "boogeyman" linked to their disappearances, is to make its broadcast premiere on Investigation Discovery (ID) on August 13. Filmmakers Joshua Zeman …

LOS ANGELES: The Jim Henson Company has signed up several new licensees for Dinosaur Train, with 23 licensing partners now on board for the series in the U.S. Some of the recent domestic partners for the property are DecoPac for …

SANTA MONICA: Ovation has slated a two-week tribute to Broadway, called Music of the Night, to coincide with the Tony Awards ceremony in June. Music of the Night kicks off on June 6 at 7 p.m. with a nod to …

LONDON: Channel 4 Features has commissioned Remarkable Television, an Endemol company, to produce a version of Supersize vs Superskinny that targets the trend of dysfunctional relationships with food starting at an increasingly young age. In Supersize vs Superskinny Kids, two …

SINGAPORE: AXN HD has been added to the Astro platform in Malaysia, where it will be available as of June 16. This new carriage deal follows on the launch of AXN HD in Singapore last week. The channel is part …

WEST HOLLYWOOD: Shankly International Distribution has secured a multi-territory deal with BBC Worldwide Channels for its rock-climbing series First Ascent to air on BBC Knowledge in Poland and the Nordic region. First Ascent, a co-production with National Geographic International and Sender Films, …

LONDON: Responding to a public call for comments on the BBC’s Strategy Review, unveiled in March, BSkyB has said that it has "significant reservations about the way in which the BBC Trust has chosen to conduct this process" and has …

NEW YORK: In an SEC filing, RHI Entertainment has announced that it won’t attempt to stop its Nasdaq delisting, prompted by its stockholder equity falling below $10 million, and has also revealed that Joel Denton has left the company as part of …