Executive Editor, World Screen

March 31, 2021 Top Stories

Genius Brands & Marvel Enter Stan Lee Collaboration

March 31, 2021

Marvel Studios has licensed from Genius Brands International certain likeness rights to Stan Lee in support of future marketing content celebrating the Marvel legacy.

March 30, 2021 Top Stories

Friday Night Lights’ Peter Berg Pacts with Netflix

March 30, 2021

Peter Berg’s Film 44 has inked a first-look deal with Netflix to produce and direct live-action films and series.

March 26, 2021 Top Stories

Apple Ties Up with Girls Trip’s Tracy Oliver

March 26, 2021

Apple has secured a multiyear overall deal with Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip, Little), spanning original TV series and feature films through her Tracy Yvonne Productions.

March 25, 2021 Interviews, Top Stories

HiddenLight Productions’ Sam Branson

March 25, 2021

Sam Branson talks about establishing HiddenLight Productions in partnership with Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton and projects in development.

March 25, 2021 Top Stories

FilmRise Takes Digital Distribution Rights for Highway to Heaven

March 25, 2021

FilmRise has acquired the worldwide digital distribution rights to the classic series Highway to Heaven, starring Michael Landon (Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie) and Victor French (An Officer and a Gentleman, Rio Lobo).

March 24, 2021 Top Stories

WarnerMedia & Issa Rae Sign Five-Year Overall Deal

March 24, 2021

WarnerMedia has inked a five-year overall deal with Issa Rae, extending its relationship with the creator, executive producer and star of HBO’s Insecure.

March 24, 2021 Top Stories

WorldScreenings: Lionsgate

March 24, 2021

Agapy Kapouranis, the president of international television and digital distribution at Lionsgate, on positioning the company as “a global supplier of choice” to platforms while remaining a prolific source of premium scripted series for Starz.

March 23, 2021 Top Stories

ViacomCBS to Raise $3 Billion from Stock to Fuel Streaming

March 23, 2021

ViacomCBS is selling $3 billion in stock, with plans to use the combined net proceeds for "general corporate purposes," including investments in streaming.

March 23, 2021 Top Stories

Stan Names New Chief Content Officer

March 23, 2021

Cailah Scobie, currently commercial director of content at Stan, has been promoted to chief content officer.

March 22, 2021 Analysis, Top Stories

Ampere: Ad Market Poised for “Solid Recovery” in 2021

March 22, 2021

The latest findings from Ampere Analysis show that the negative impact of Covid-19 on TV advertising revenues began to subside significantly in the fourth quarter of 2020 in both the U.S. and Western Europe, setting the stage for "a solid recovery" in 2021.

Kristin Brzoznowski