World Screen

NEW YORK: NBC, People and dick clark productions have aligned for The People Magazine Awards, which will air in late 2014. The awards are meant to honor the cultural forces of the year. This will include recognizing the biggest phenomenon of 2014, the most popular person, most stylish person, funniest …

NEW YORK: Time Warner Cable lost 306,000 video subscribers in Q3 following its protracted dispute with CBS, while also seeing erosion in its data and voice customer bases. As of September 30, 2013, the company had 11.4 million video customers, down from 11.7 million on June 30. High-speed data customers …

NEW YORK: Comedy Central has renewed three of its hit series, giving further seasons to Key & Peele, Brickleberry and Drunk History. Key & Peele receives its fourth season, while Brickleberry heads into its third. Drunk History will be returning for a sophomore run. All three new seasons will premiere …

PALISADES PARK: Alfred Haber has licensed the rights for Let It Snow and Michael Bublé's third annual Christmas special, both of which are slated for broadcast this December. Starring Alan Thicke and Candace Cameron-Bure, Let It Snow is a 120-minute television movie for Hallmark Channel. Michael Bublé's 3rd annual christmas …

SANTA MONICA: The second installment in the Mickey Matson family franchise is now complete, and 10 West Studios will be at AFM talking to buyers about The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Pirate’s Code. “We are excited to bring this and several other projects to AFM this year to …

SANTA MONICA: Car racing takes center stage in Born to Race: Fast Track, a new title that is being presented by American Cinema International (ACI) at this year’s AFM. The action flick follows a racing-school student who must overcome many obstacles while pursuing his dream of becoming a professional racer. …

NEW YORK: Cheryl Bloch, a Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning producer, has become WE tv's first senior VP of scripted programming, effective immediately. In her new role, Bloch will work out of Santa Monica under Marc Juris, the president and general manager of WE tv. She will be expected to scout, …

NEW YORK: NBC has ordered a new single-camera comedy from Tina Fey and Robert Carlock (30 Rock) that will star Ellie Kemper (The Office). Kemper will play a woman who escapes from a cult and starts life over in New York City. The 13-episode series, tentatively titled Tooken, is being …

LONDON: Shine International has sold the prime-time sitcom Vicious, starring Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi, to the U.S. public broadcaster PBS. PBS picked up the 6×30-minute series for broadcast in 2014. It features McKellen and Jacobi playing a couple who have lived together in a small London flat for newly …

SANTA MONICA: The participation of the Spanish audiovisual industry at the AFM is represented under the banner Cinema from Spain. It is organized by the Federation of Spanish Audiovisual Producers’ Associations (FAPAE) with the support of the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade (ICEX). Fabia Buenaventura Canino, the general manager of …