World Screen

LOS ANGELES: NBCUniversal International Television Distribution is screening more than a dozen new shows that were picked up by U.S. networks for 2014-15, including the drama Allegiance. Allegiance is about a CIA analyst whose parents are covert Russian spies. The series is set for NBC midseason. Also featured on NBC's …

LOS ANGELES: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is set to screen Battle Creek, a crime drama from Vince Gilligan, Bryan Singer and David Shore that was picked up by CBS for midseason, along with Marry Me, which is scheduled for Tuesday nights on NBC. Battle Creek stars Dean Winters as a …

NEW YORK: In an appearance on Bloomberg Television, Leslie Moonves, chairman and CEO of CBS Corporation, talked about the broadcaster's upcoming fall slate, drama franchises like NCIS, the case against Aereo and the development of a 24-hour digital channel that would serve as an alternative to cable news networks. "We’re …

LOS ANGELES: Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution's lineup for the L.A. Screenings includes Backstrom, featuring Rainn Wilson of The Office, and Empire, starring Terrence Howard, both of which are set for FOX midseason. The studio is also showcasing the FOX series The Last Man on Earth, led by Saturday Night …

LOS ANGELES: The Batman prequel Gotham, picked up for Mondays on FOX, is one the shows that international buyers can screen from Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD). WBITD is also showcasing Selfie, a social media-themed comedy set for Tuesday nights on ABC, and The Flash, scheduled for Tuesdays on …

EL SEGUNDO: IHS Technology reports a surge in pay-TV subscribers in the first quarter, with a gain of 202,670, as compared with a 214,580 decline in the year-ago period. Cable subscriptions, however, were down by 132,330, but IHS noted that this is the lowest number of losses since Q1 2011. …

LOS ANGELES: Participant Media has become a partner, alongside investment firm TPG and Evolution Media Capital (EMC), in Evolution Media, a venture set up to invest up to $350 million in global media, sports and entertainment entities. Evolution Media Capital (EMC) is a boutique investment bank formed in partnership with …

NEW YORK/STAMFORD: NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment and WWE have signed a new multiyear partnership that keeps Monday Night Raw on USA Network and Friday Night Smackdown on Syfy. Monday Night Raw on USA is the most-watched, regularly scheduled, year-round program on cable. It airs as a live three-hour block every Monday …

DALLAS/EL SEGUNDO: AT&T is acquiring the satellite broadcaster DIRECTV for $48.5 billion, marking the latest in a series of megadeals that are transforming the media and telecommunications landscape. AT&T will gain DIRECTV's 20 million U.S. subscribers and an additional 18 million in Latin America. For DIRECTV, the deal will allow …

NEW YORK: Gene Stein has become the new CEO of Sonar Entertainment, succeeding Stewart Till. Stein was previously the president of television at BermanBraun. He is currently executive producing the series Dig for USA Network, created by Tim Kring (Heroes) and Gideon Raff (Homeland). Till had been a member of …