World Screen

LONDON: NBCUniversal International Television Production has named JoAnn Alfano as executive VP of scripted programming. Alfano will be overseeing the company's global scripted business. She will also supervise the development and production of scripted programming across the portfolio of companies that includes Carnival, Lucky Giant and Matchbox Pictures. She will …

NEW YORK: The Paley Center for Media and the Mayor's Office of Media & Entertainment are presenting the first annual PaleyFest: Made in NY on October 2 to 6 at the Paley Center in New York. PaleyFest: Made in NY will have panel events that include the casts and creators …

BEVERLY HILLS: Starz is working with LeBron James, Tom Werner, Mike O'Malley, Maverick Carter and Paul Wachter to develop a half-hour scripted comedy series for the channel, Survivor's Remorse. The series will look at what happens when you achieve success, with its challenges, complexities and the guilt of having "made …

LONDON/TORONTO: Entertainment One (eOne) has signed a multi-year distribution agreement to handle the international sales for all original scripted series from U.S.-based AMC Networks' AMC and Sundance Channel. Sundance Channel Global plans to carry select series from the eOne output deal on its networks. This is the first time that …

LOS ANGELES: The horror-fantasy film library of Italian filmmaker Ovidio G. Assonitis is to be represented by BoPaul Media Worldwide (BMW) at MIPCOM. The catalogue includes the horror classic Beyond the Door and the 2003 horror feature Red Riding Hood. BoPaul will be presenting 11 vintage titles from the Assonitis …

BURBANK: There have been a series of promotions within Warner Bros., including Robert Blair and Jim Brehm becoming executive VPs of Warner Bros. International Television Distribution. Blair and Brehm will jointly lead the company's international sales team. Both will be working to develop the overall strategy and lead the sales …

LOS ANGELES: Following their turn as hosts of this year's Golden Globe Awards, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are joining forces again as presenters for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, along with three other pairs of female leads. The other presenters include Scandal's Kerry Washington, who is paired with Diahann …

NEW YORK: Alec Baldwin is joining MSNBC as the host of a new weekly current events and culture talk show that will air Friday nights at 10 p.m., Up Late w/Alec Baldwin. The new series will start this October. Baldwin's numerous acting credits include his TV role as Jack Donaghy …

EL SEGUNDO: DirecTV has entered into a partnership with the award-winning screenwriter Neil LaBute (The Shape of Things, In the Company of Men) to produce a set of ten short films that will air exclusively on the Audience Network. The pact sees LaBute writing, directing and producing ten stand-alone stories. …

KNOXVILLE: Scripps Networks Interactive has made changes to the leadership team of its U.S. lifestyle networks and related businesses following the resignation of John F. Lansing as head of the Scripps Networks operating arm. Lansing, who served in his current position for the past nine years, will become a consultant …