World Screen

DALLAS: A new report from Parks Associates finds that the number of U.S. broadband homes with a streaming media device has doubled since 2011, with Roku cited as the most popular. In Parks Associates’ Connected TV: Trends and Innovation report, the firm finds that 14 percent of U.S. broadband homes …

LOS ANGELES: FOX Sports 1 is set for launch on August 17 with all major distributors across the U.S., marking the biggest sports cable network debut in history. The soon-to-launch network will carry nearly 5,000 hours of live event, news and original programming annually. This includes college basketball, college football, …

LOS ANGELES: Mance Media has signed a worldwide distribution pact with Continental Media to handle the TV rights for its first-run features, among them Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes, starring Battleship’s Drew Rauch. Mance Media will be presenting eight new features to buyers in Cannes at MIPCOM through the deal. …

SANTA MONICA: GSN has ordered 40 episodes of the new original series Mind of a Man, a half-hour game show in which two female contestants try to figure out what men really think. Over three rounds, the female contestants will try to determine the correct answers to questions previously answered …

NEW YORK: Talk show host Steve Harvey shares his approach to daytime television, while David Goldberg, the chairman and CEO of Endemol North America, explains why the show fills a gap in the talk show syndication market.   One of the most successful first-run syndication premieres of the last ten …

ATLANTA: Jason DeMarco has been promoted to VP and creative director for on-air at Adult Swim, after having served as VP of marketing and promotions for Cartoon Network and Adult Swim. DeMarco is based in Atlanta and will report directly to Mike Lazzo, the executive VP and creative director for …

PLANO: New research from The Diffusion Group (TDG) finds that younger consumers are less likely than their older counterparts to subscribe to legacy pay-TV services, opting instead for the likes of Netflix or Hulu Plus. TDG’s Late Millennials: A Study in Media Behavior surveyed a random sampling of more than 2,000 …

BURBANK: The CW Network has launched a digital-only studio, dubbed CW Seed, which already has four series in the pipeline. CW Seed launched with all-new episodes of four web series, including the third season of the comedy Husbands and the premiere episodes of the new digital comedies Backpackers, Gallery Mallory and …

LOS ANGELES: Lifetime’s new original movie The House of Versace, which premieres October 5, sees Gina Gershon taking on the lead role as Donatella Versace in a story that chronicles the designer’s triumph in the fashion world. The movie is based on Wall Street Journal report Deborah Ball’s book House …

NEW YORK: As part of NBCUniversal’s TV Everywhere cross-portfolio rollout, Syfy has launched a new Syfy Now app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The app gives authenticated users on-the-go access to original Syfy series, available the day after their linear premiere. Syfy is the second cable entertainment network …