World Screen

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK: Celebrity Name Game, the latest collaboration between Debmar-Mercury and FremantleMedia North America, has found a home on Tribune Broadcasting, which plans to launch the half-hour strip in fall 2014. The nationally syndicated pop culture game show will be hosted by The Late, Late Show’s Craig Ferguson and …

SANTA MONICA: Ovation has hired Scott Woodward, a seasoned programming executive, as its new senior VP of programming and production. Woodward will report to Charles Segars, the CEO of Ovation. He will supervise all aspects of the network's multiplatform content, including scheduling and program planning, acquisitions, co-productions, development, original programming, …

NEW YORK/SILVER SPRING: Time Warner Cable and Discovery Communications have reached an early renewal of their distribution agreement, which this time includes TV Everywhere rights. The agreement between the two sees the continued carriage of Discovery's channels and VOD content on Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. This covers …

LOS ANGELES: Endemol North America has appointed Will Keenan, previously with Maker Studios, as president of the recently announced global venture Endemol Beyond USA. Keenan was formerly the VP of vertical development and network programming at Maker Studios. He will now be reporting to Cris Abrego and Charlie Corwin, co-CEOs …

DURHAM: The 13 largest multi-channel video providers in the U.S., representing around 94 percent of the market, lost about 25,000 net subscribers in the third quarter, an improvement from the 50,000 lost in Q3 2012, according to Leichtman Research Group. The top multi-channel video providers account for around 94.5 million …

NEW YORK: GroupM Entertainment has named Adam Pincus, formerly of MediaCom, as its executive VP of programming and production for North America, reporting to global CEO Peter Tortorici.   He's charged with overseeing all programming development and production for GME North America's investments in TV and digital content, and will …

STAMFORD: WWE has hired Matthew Singerman for the newly created post of executive VP of programming. Singerman will report to Vince McMahon, the chairman and CEO of WWE. He will be expected to handle the strategic development of content, which includes original, unscripted and scripted series. He will also be …

NEW YORK: Continued demands by consumers to access content anywhere, anytime, will help drive further deal activity in the entertainment, media and communications sector in the U.S., PwC reveals in its latest report. PwC’s 3rd Quarter U.S. Entertainment, Media & Communications (EMC) Deal Insights survey out today observes a 9-percent …

SEATTLE: Amazon has signed an exclusive content licensing agreement with the film studio A24, which is behind hits such as Spring Breakers and The Bling Ring. The multi-year deal makes Prime Instant Video the exclusive premium subscription home for all current and upcoming A24 releases. The window will be shortly …

MONTEREY: SNL Kagan is forecasting that U.S. TV station owners' retransmission fees will reach $7.6 billion by 2019, compared to the projected level of $3.3 billion this year. SNL Kagan has revised its projections upwards, calling for retrans revenues to rise to $7.15 billion in 2018, compared to its $6.05-billion …