World Screen

LONG ISLAND CITY: Aereo is gearing up to enter its tenth market, Baltimore, where it will launch on December 16 to more than 2.7 million consumers in central Maryland. The controversial service will be available in 11 counties across central Maryland. This follows on its previous launches in Boston, Atlanta, …

STAMFORD: WWE has elevated Michelle D. Wilson, George Barrios and Stephanie McMahon as part of the company's strategic growth efforts. Previously the chief marketing officer of WWE, Michelle D. Wilson has been promoted to chief revenue and marketing officer. In her new role she will be charged with managing the …

NEW YORK: The statistics portal Statista has found that among Americans between the ages of 18 and 36, 46 percent of paid subscribers choose cable, while 43 percent are Netflix users. This, however, shifts as the demo ages up. Of those ages 37 to 48, 48 percent subscribe to cable …

LOS ANGELES: Endemol Studios has signed its first pod deal with Christina Wayne and her Assembly Entertainment outfit to develop and produce scripted projects. Wayne will develop existing and new projects for Endemol Studios, which is Endemol North America's scripted studio operation based in Los Angeles. This includes MDX, a …

BURBANK: Legendary Television and Digital has worked out a multi-year multiplatform deal with Red Hour Films, which was founded by Ben Stiller and Stuart Cornfeld, to develop and produce exclusive content for TV and digital. Since being launched in 2012, Red Hour Films has had two series move forward: Birthday …

BURBANK: Legendary Entertainment has secured 100-percent ownership of Asylum Entertainment, which is behind such popular programming as ESPN's 30 for 30 series, reality cable shows like Beverly Hills Pawn and dramatic mini-series, including The Kennedys. Through the acquisition, Asylum joins Legendary Television & Digital Media, a division of Legendary Entertainment …

LOS ANGELES: Caryn Mandabach Productions, which is behind the BBC Two series Peaky Blinders, has tapped veteran film producer Michael Besman to head up its L.A. office. Besman is tasked with developing and producing premium TV content for the U.S., the U.K. and international broadcasters. He is a veteran studio …

LOS ANGELES: Showtime is bringing back the comedy Californication for a seventh season, which will be the series' last. The final 12-episode season will launch in April 2014. Showtime promises that the episodes will "neatly wrap up" the stories of Hank (David Duchovny), Karen (Natascha McElhone), Becca (Madeleine Martin), Charlie …

LOS ANGELES: Breaking Bad scored four nominations for the 20th annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, followed by 30 Rock, The Big Bang Theory, Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones, Homeland and Modern Family with three nods each. The nominees for outstanding performance by an actor in a drama series are …

BEVERLY HILLS: The new original series BoJack Horseman, which features the voice talent of Will Arnett, Aaron Paul and Amy Sedaris, is launching exclusively on Netflix in all territories where the service is available in mid-2014. The series is created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg and produced by Michael Eisner's Tornante Company. …