Top Stories

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Networks International (DNI) has hired Julian Bellamy, formerly the head of Channel 4, for the newly created role of creative director and head of production and development. Bellamy takes up the new London-based post on June 1. He …

LOS ANGELES: Former MGM Studios and Lionsgate marketing executive Priscilla Pesci has launched Elumines, an integrated marketing and social business strategies company that specializes in the entertainment, technology, hospitality, consumer and retail arenas. Elumines, based in Los Angeles, will create turnkey, …

NEW YORK: The grid of BBC America is set to include a two-hour comedy block, Ministry of Laughs, featuring shows such as The Inbetweeners and Come Fly with Me, starting June 18. The block will feature an all-new season of the BAFTA-winning …

ENGLEWOOD: For Q1, Liberty Global reported improved revenues and subscriber gains, but net earnings dropped to $342.4 million from $736.6 million last year, when the company benefited from a $1.4 billion one-time gain from the disposal of its stake in …

NEW YORK: Comedy Central has picked up a second season of Workaholics, with ten new episodes planned for the series. The show comes from Mail Order Comedy’s Blake Anderson, Adam Devine, Anders Holm and Kyle Newacheck. The show premiered on …

LUCERNE: The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has re-signed its agreement with Radio Television Kosovo (RTK), allowing the public broadcaster to make use of various EBU services. The EBU was mandated in September 1999, following the breakup of ex-Yugoslavia, by the …

PARIS: Eurosport is aligning with Panasonic and Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT) to bring live 3D coverage of the 2011 French Tennis Open, Roland Garros, to homes and retail stores across Europe. The Roland Garros event will go out live …

NEW YORK: After three decades with the company, Judy McGrath is stepping down as chairman and CEO of MTV Networks, a position the company says will not be filled following her departure. McGrath joined MTV in 1981 as a copywriter and rose through …

NEW YORK: On revenues of $8.3 billion, News Corporation saw its third-quarter profit fall 24 percent to $639 million as compared with the same period in 2010, which included the release of the megahit Avatar. "As we anticipated, News Corporation’s third …

NEW YORK: As part of the next phase of USA Network’s Character Project, the broadcaster has teamed up with RSA Films and Ridley and Tony Scott to commission eight filmmakers to create short films that explore the theme of American …