World Screen

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES: AOL and Whalerock Industries are reinventing the Moviefone service to now include television content. Moviefone's website and apps will continue to feature movie showtimes and ticketing. Through the new Moviefone, consumers will now be able to find theaters, channels and streaming services offering movies and TV shows. …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2014 issue of World Screen. Bringing human stories to life has always been A+E Networks’ mission. For years its channels, which include HISTORY, A&E and Lifetime, featured out-of-the-ordinary individuals in unscripted shows like Pawn Stars, Dance Moms and the megahit Duck Dynasty. The …

ATLANTA: A pair of fresh comedies and returning shows make up the new lineup of Bounce TV, a U.S. broadcaster aimed at African-American audiences. Upcoming originals include Mann & Wife, which series creator and director Roger Bobb calls “a black Brady Bunch.” That show is set to premiere winter of …

LOS ANGELES: This fall, HBO is slated to broadcast new episodes of The Comeback, a comedy that aired for one season on the network in 2005. Starring Lisa Kudrow (Friends), The Comeback centers on a former TV star who is desperate to extend her 15 minutes of fame. Additional cast …

PORT WASHINGTON: According to the latest NPD Group TV Everywhere Report, around one in every five pay-TV subscribers (21 percent) use the TV Everywhere services offered by their provider at least once a month. The report finds that those who subscribe to SVOD are actually among the most active TV …

LAUSANNE: NBCUniversal has been awarded the broadcast rights in the U.S. for the Olympic Games through to 2032 in a deal with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). NBCU has acquired the broadcast rights across all media platforms, including free-to-air television, subscription television, Internet and mobile. The agreement from 2021 to …

ATLANTA: TBS has added to its roster three new comedies, including Angie Tribeca (working title), a police procedural satire from Steve and Nancy Carell that stars Rashida Jones. The network went for ten episodes of Angie Tribeca, which is slated for a 2015 launch. The single-camera comedy focuses on an …

NEW YORK: According to a new study from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and GfK, some 22 percent of Americans—52 million people—are watching original digital video each month, a 15-percent gain on last year. The findings were released in the 2014 Original Digital Video Study as the Digital Content NewFronts …

NEW YORK: Oxygen Media has five new projects on its development slate, in addition to the recent greenlighting of seven original series. New to the development roster is Sister Witches (working title), which follows the lives of three sisters facing their 20s who are learning how to harness their powers …

LOS ANGELES: The series The Haves and the Have Nots, which GRB Entertainment is highlighting at the L.A. Screenings, comes from creator Tyler Perry and was produced for OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. The show follows the dynamic between the rich and powerful Cryer family and the hired help who work …