World Screen

KNOXVILLE: Scripps Networks Interactive has promoted Tamara Franklin to executive VP of digital. In her new post, Franklin will work out of Knoxville under Burton Jablin, the president of the Scripps Networks operating division. She will be charged with overseeing the overall strategy and activity for the digital business. She …

MONTEREY: Spending on movies and TV shows in the home entertainment market posted a 1 percent growth in 2013, marking the second straight year of increase after declining from 2004 to 2011, according to IHS Technology. The gains were led by modest growth in pay-TV VOD and strong increases in …

PASADENA: The CW has acquired the event mini-series Labyrinth, a TANDEM Communications production, and has also announced a digital spin-off series for Veronica Mars and two new shows for its reality slate. The four-hour Labyrinth was filmed on location in the medieval town of Carcassonne in southwest France and Cape …

MIAMI: Mission Pictures has adapted the Love Finds You franchise, a popular 50-book series published by Guideposts featuring strong female stories taking place in each of the 50 states in the U.S. Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio is in post-production for a planned March delivery. There are two other …

BEVERLY HILLS: Kevin Kasha, the executive VP of worldwide acquisitions and co-productions for Anchor Bay Entertainment, has been upped to head of acquisitions, a newly created role, at Starz. As head of acquisitions, Kasha will manage film, television programs and digital acquisitions for all of the Starz businesses, including Starz …

NEW YORK: Despite a Supreme Court trial pending, Aereo is continuing to roll out in new markets, with a launch planned for the metro area of Cincinnati, Ohio, on January 21. Greater Cincinnati includes a 24-county area across Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Last week, the company received a $34 million …

NEW YORK: HBO and PlayStation are partnering to bring the on-demand HBO GO app to PS3, with PS4 to follow. The HBO GO app for the PlayStation system will allow those users with an HBO subscription to access unlimited, on-demand content from the premium cable network. This includes hits such …

LOS ANGELES: Showtime has ordered the ten-episode drama The Affair, starring Dominic West, and the ten-episode comedy Happyish, featuring Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman. The Affair is a one-hour drama that explores the emotional and psychological effects of an extramarital affair. The stories will be told separately from the male …

NEW YORK: Zodiak New York has hired Brent Burnette as senior VP of development and promoted Neil Regan to senior VP of development and current. Burnette will be managing Zodiak New York's development slate, generating new character-driven docuseries, creating original formats and adapting Zodiak formats from the company's international catalogue. …

STAMFORD: NBC Olympics is collaborating with Facebook for coverage of the upcoming XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. The two companies will work to leverage NBC's Olympics content on Facebook to drive conversation about the games on the social networking platform. The NBC Olympics page on Facebook will feature …