World Screen

NEW YORK: The global sports network ONE World Sports has added industry veteran Randy Brown to its team, naming him executive VP of distribution. He will be based in Los Angeles and New York and will report to company president and CEO Alexander “Sandy” Brown (no relation). The executive, whose …

NEW YORK: NickMom, a prime-time programming block for mothers on Nick Jr., has signed a development agreement for an untitled comedy project with Push it Productions' Wanda Sykes and Page Hurwitz. Additionally, NickMom has given the go-ahead to six episodes of Undercover Cupid, a tentatively titled hidden camera series that is …

LOS ANGELES: At this year's Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, Breaking Bad walked away with the win for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series, while Modern Family won on the comedy side. Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston also won for outstanding performance by a male actor in a …

UNIVERSAL CITY: The Parks and Recreation star Amy Poehler has inked a three-year producing deal with Universal Television. Poehler has played Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat, on the NBC sitcom for six seasons. She recently won the Golden Globe for lead actress in a comedy for her role on the …

BURBANK: Announcing the premiere dates for its midseason dramas Black Box and Mind Games, ABC also revealed that it has lined up a new Toy Story holiday special, Toy Story That Time Forgot. The new Disney/Pixar’s Christmas special features the Toy Story characters in a post-Christmas play date during which …

PALISADES PARK: The 56th Annual Grammy Awards, which are set to broadcast live in the U.S. on January 26, have amassed record international sales for Alfred Haber, Inc. (AHI). AHI, which has represented the Grammys for 25 years, signed up broadcasters such as Channel 4 in the U.K., Rogers Media …

NEW YORK:  Comedy Central has upped Susie Kricena to the post of senior VP of program acquisitions. In her new role, Kricena will work under David Bernath, the executive VP of programming and multiplatform strategy at Comedy Central. She will continue to be responsible for supervising all program acquisitions for …

NEW YORK/SANTA CLARA: Verizon Communications has reached an agreement to purchase the assets of Intel Media, acquiring the intellectual property rights and other assets that enable the OnCue Cloud TV platform. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to be complete early in the first …

PORT WASHINGTON: There has been a 6 percent decline in the number of U.S. households subscribing to premium TV channels over the last two years, though the amount of households subscribing to SVOD grew 4 percent, according to a new report from The NPD Group. The report, The State of …

PASADENA: During its TCA presentation, PBS unveiled several new highlights, including an addition to the Ken Burns pipeline, a second season of Last Tango in Halifax and a Think Wednesday prime-time block. From Burns comes Country Music, which will air in 2018. The program will follow the evolution of country …