World Screen

LOS ANGELES: NATPE||Content First and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) have jointly commissioned a two-part study into how and why consumers use second-screen devices to engage with video content. The results will be presented in two co-branded research reports at the 2014 International CES and NATPE Miami in January 2014. …

NEW YORK: NBCUniversal and Comcast have appointed Maggie McLean Suniewick as senior VP of strategic integration, reporting to both Steve Burke, the CEO of NBCU, and Neil Smit, the president and CEO of Comcast Cable and executive VP of Comcast Corporation. Suniewick will be spearheading NBCU's key "Symphony" initiative, a …

NEW YORK: Time Warner Cable and Ovation have reached a new carriage agreement, as the arts network has pledged to deliver 200 more hours of original programming in the next year. Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks dropped Ovation back in January of this year, citing the network's small …

LOS ANGELES: DISH customers, who already have access to the PivotTV linear channel, can now watch the service through the DISH Anywhere platform and via the PivotTV app. The Participant Media-owned channel was designed with the millennial generation in mind, delivering "entertainment that sparks conversation, inspires change and illuminates issues" …

LOS ANGELES: Mike Hopkins, who has served as president of distribution for Fox Networks Group, has been appointed as the new CEO of Hulu, replacing Andy Forssell, who has been in the role on an acting basis since March and is now leaving the company. Hopkins has been a Hulu …

EL SEGUNDO: According to a new report from the TV Intelligence Service at IHS, NBCUniversal leads the U.S. TV Everywhere market in providing access to television content on multiple screens, while Epix and HBO support the effort on more second-screen devices than any other premium or basic cable network. NBCU …

NEW YORK: Despite a string of lawsuits and controversy, the cloud-based DVR service Aereo continues to enter new markets, the latest being a launch planned for Detroit on October 28. Consumers in nine counties in the metro Detroit area will be able to access the free over-the-air TV channels with …

SAN DIEGO: The comic book publisher IDW Publishing has set up a new division, IDW Entertainment, which is dedicated to funding, developing and producing TV properties. David Ozer has been tapped to serve as the president of the new unit. Ozer will be working with Ted Adams, the CEO and …

LOS ANGELES: This year's American Film Market (AFM) is set to screen a grand total of 402 films from 51 countries for thousands of attendees. There will be 75 world debuts and 321 market premieres, including ACI's Kiss Me, Arclight Film's Around the Block, Beta Cinema's Le Grand Cahier, Bleiberg …

WASHINGTON: The website isoHunt.com, which is a BitTorrent file-sharing portal, has been forced to shut down after a settlement with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) that will see the site and its owner pay the studios $110 million. The case began back in 2006, when the MPAA's member …