World Screen

LOS ANGELES: The detective dramedy Psych is getting an eighth season on USA Network. Season seven launches February 27 and will include the series’ milestone 100th episode. Eight new episodes will be produced for season eight. The series stars James Roday as a police consultant who solves crimes through the power …

NEW YORK: Showtime Networks has made its streaming Showtime Anytime service available for DIRECTV customers. Customers of DIRECTV can watch Showtime’s series, movies, specials, documentaries and sports programming anywhere in the U.S. with an Internet-connected computer, on mobile devices and through tablets. The Showtime Anytime service offers on-the-go flexibility for …

LOS ANGELES: Saban Brands has enhanced its digital slate with the release of four new digital games, Swashbuckler by Paul Frank, My Pet Monsters, Power Rangers Legends and Zombie Farm Bubbles, which are now available for download in iTunes, the App Store and on other platforms. Swashbuckler by Paul Frank …

NEW YORK: Showtime Networks has upped Tom Christie to president of distribution, business development and network operations, a newly created position. Christie, who has been with the network for more than two decades, has served as the executive VP of affiliate sales since 2006. Prior to that he held such …

ENGLEWOOD: Marking the third distribution agreement since launching the authenticated online Play services in October, Starz Entertainment has made the Starz Play and Encore Play offerings available for DIRECTV customers. The Play services bring online access to exclusive movies and originals at no extra charge. Starz Play offers around 400 …

LOS ANGELES: FX has placed an order for season five of The League, a hit comedy series about a group of friends participating in a fantasy football league. Produced by FX Productions, the series stars Mark Duplass, Stephen Rannazzisi, Nick Kroll, Paul Scheer, Katie Aselton and Jon Lajoie. It is created by Jeff …

LOS ANGELES: With 4.28 million downloads for a single episode, Game of Thrones was the most pirated TV show of 2012, followed by last year’s number one, Dexter, according to TorrentFreak, which reports on Internet file-sharing. In recent years, the number of TV show downloads had begun to level off, but 2012 …

CHICAGO: Four years after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the Tribune Company has successfully emerged from its restructuring process, with a new board in place that includes Peter Liguori. “Tribune emerges from the bankruptcy process as a multimedia company with a great mix of profitable assets, strong brands in …

NEW YORK: NBCUniversal (NBCU) and the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) have signed a new multi-year carriage deal that includes, among other aspects, first-ever retransmission consent for NBC- and Telemundo-owned stations. Through the agreement, NBCU’s expansive catalogue of broadcast and cable programming will be carried by NCTC’s hundreds of independent …

SANTA MONICA: This month Ovation is slated to air a number of artistic series, films and documentaries, including Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art. The ninth season of So You Think You Can Dance is scheduled to debut on January 4. On January 6 the channel will broadcast Madonna: Truth or …