World Screen

LOS ANGELES: CBS Corporation and Lionsgate have entered into a 50-50 partnership for the TV Guide Network (TVGN) as well as the TVGuide.com website. The basic cable channel is currently available in more than 80 million homes. A rebranding and revised programming strategy will be announced at a later date, …

LOS ANGELES: MarVista Entertainment, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, has appointed Winny Poon as VP and controller, Hannah Pillemer as creative executive and Tony Vassiliadis as director of strategic programs. In her new role, Poon will be charged with managing the company’s financial plans and policies, accounting practices, …

NEW YORK: Next month in Cannes A+E Networks is bringing to market a number of television films, reality series and formats. Leading the lineup of Lifetime Original Movies are Ring of Fire, starring Jewel; Betty & Coretta, led by Angela Bassett and Mary J. Blige; and Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story, starring Eric …

LOS ANGELES: CBS has renewed 18 series for its 2013-14 lineup, for four comedies, nine dramas, three reality series and two newsmagazines. The comedies returning to the network are The Big Bang Theory, 2 Broke Girls, Mike & Molly and How I Met Your Mother, which will head into its final season. …

SEATTLE: Amazon Studios has added a new comedy pilot to its lineup, Betas, set in Silicon Valley and focused on four computer geeks in their quest for nerd fame. Ed Begley Jr., Jon Daly, Joe Dinicol, Margo Harshman, Charlie Saxton and Karan Soni star in the pilot. Betas joins seven …

NEW YORK: Participant Media is launching a cable network on August 1 under the title pivot, which will also offer a first-of-its-kind broadband-only subscription. pivot, which features the tagline: "TV that matters for the greatest generation," will launch to around 40 million subscribers, anchored by more than 300 hours of …

NEW YORK: FX Networks is growing its bouquet to include FXX, a network aimed at young adults, and is also launching its own version of TV Everywhere with FXNow. With the addition of FXX, FX Networks becomes a three-network suite: FX, FXX and FXM. FXX will be available in 74 million homes. It …

LOS ANGELES: Jeff Olde, who had previously been with VH1 as the executive VP of original programming, production and development, has taken on the role of executive VP of program development at E! effective this summer. Olde will be reporting to Suzanne Kolb, the president of E! and will be …

LOS ANGELES: The singer Jewel is portraying country music legend June Carter Cash, the wife of the iconic Johnny Cash, in the Lifetime original movie Ring of Fire. Debuting May 27, Ring of Fire is based on John Carter Cash’s narrative of his mother’s life, Anchored in Love: An Intimate …

PREMIUM: John Landgraf, the president and general manager of FX Networks, is constantly on the lookout for showrunners with daring distinctive voices and innovative ways of telling stories. WS: What has been FX’s programming philosophy? LANDGRAF: I would say that most brands are top-down managed processes where a brand defines …