World Screen

TORONTO: Breakthrough Entertainment's animated series Producing Parker is headed to the U.S. through a deal with Hulu, where it becomes available on both the free and paid services. The series features the voice of Sex and the City's Kim Cattrall. Each episode looks at the behind-the-scenes antics of The Dee …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER: Lionsgate has optioned the TV rights for Nick Bilton's best-seller Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal, about the birth of the micro-blogging site Twitter.  Allison Shearmur is set as executive producer for the project. Bilton, a columnist and reporter for the New York …

Kevin Beggs, the chairman of Lionsgate’s television group, talks to World Screen about working with talent, digital platforms and new ways of producing television. WS: Lionsgate has announced a number of joint ventures and producer deals. How have you been casting the net wider when looking for projects? BEGGS: The …

LOS ANGELES: The streaming TV service Hulu has said that it will reach $1 billion in revenue by the end of this year, up from the $695 million recorded in 2012, and also has 5 million subscribers on its Hulu Plus premium service. As for its record revenue, Mike Hopkins, …

NEW YORK: The private investment firm Forstmann Little has agreed to sell IMG to competitor William Morris Endeavor (WME) and its financial backer, Silver Lake Partners. IMG has grown to become one of the world's leading sports, entertainment and media companies, with 3,500 employees in more than 30 countries around …

BEVERLY HILLS: Starz has elevated Bill Bergmann to senior VP of finance and planning, and Janet Dickinson to senior VP of finance and accounting and controller, while Joe Zamora has been upped to VP of finance. In his new role, Bergmann is charged with budgeting, planning and internal reporting activities …

HOLLYWOOD/NEW YORK: Revolt and Clear Channel Media and Entertainment are bringing the hit radio show on New York's Power 105 "The Breakfast Club" to TV for a live broadcast Monday through Friday. "The Breakfast Club" features Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee and DJ Envy. The nationally syndicated radio show will …

STAMFORD: NBCUniversal (NBCU) is slated to broadcast more than 1,539 hours of content surrounding the upcoming Olympic Winter Games, marking the most U.S. coverage in the history of the event. The programming will be shown on NBC, NBCSN, CNBC, MSNBC, USA Network and NBCOlympics.com. It will begin on NBC at …

LOS ANGELES: The HBO drama Game of Thrones has topped the list as the most downloaded TV show for the second year in a row, according to TorrentFreak. Game of Thrones saw an estimated 5.9 million downloads. Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead complete the top three with an estimated …

BOSTON: A recent poll by RAMP reveals that 82 percent of respondents were unfamiliar with TV Everywhere services being offered by their cable providers. The poll, conducted by RAMP, which provides next-generation video and search experiences for media and enterprises, found that only 4 percent even knew their login details …