World Screen

MONTREAL: Zone3, which is behind productions such as Match Game and God, Guns & Automobiles, has opened an office in New York, appointing Julian Locke as executive VP and head of U.S. operations. The company currently has several projects in development for both Canadian and U.S. broadcasters, and is looking …

SHERMAN OAKS: ITV Studios US Group has formed a joint venture with Marty Adelstein to launch Tomorrow ITV Studios, dedicated to scripted content. The scripted studio will develop, pitch and produce one-hour drama and comedy projects. The output will be represented by ITV Studios Global Entertainment. The studios' first project …

LOS ANGELES: Fox Television Studios has struck up a first-look deal with the TV producer Elizabeth Guber Stephen, who will develop and produce cable-based projects through her Gables Media outfit. Initial projects include the one-hour drama Timeline for USA Network. The series is from best-selling author Jennifer Lynn Barnes, with …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER: Chris Selak, the executive VP of television at Lionsgate, has signed a new multiyear agreement with the company to continue leading the creative aspects of the studio's TV development slate and current programming activities. Selak joined Lionsgate in 2011. During her time with the company, Lionsgate has enjoyed …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES: Nielsen's Mitch Barns, Disney's Andy Bird and NBCU's Cesar Conde are among the new members to join The Paley Center for Media's board of trustees. Barns is the CEO of Nielsen; he joins along with Bird, the chairman of Walt Disney International, and Conde, the executive VP of …

ARLINGTON: For the first time ever, the percentage of U.S. households relying only on the Internet for TV programming is about to beat out the percentage of those that rely exclusively on an antenna, according to a new study from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). The report, The Market for …

DURHAM: Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that 49 percent of U.S. households have at least one TV set connected to the Internet, which is up from the 38 percent reported in 2012. Overall, 24 percent of adults reported watching video from the Internet via a connected TV at least …

HOLLYWOOD: Producer John Powers Middleton (Oldboy, A&E’s Bates Motel) and writer/director/producer/actor Casey Affleck (Gone Baby Gone, Out of the Furnace) have come together to establish a production company that will create films and TV series across a variety of genres. The joint venture, which is as-yet untitled, will see Affleck …

LOS ANGELES: Beatrice Springborn, previously the head of television at Storyline Entertainment, has joined Hulu as the head of originals. At Storyline, Springborn developed and produced the MTV series Happyland. Prior to this, she was senior VP at Caryn Mandabach Productions, where she oversaw the development of genre and book-based …

NEW YORK: Products inspired by Star Trek, Mighty Mouse, CSI and other brands are set to be available in dozens of territories after a slew of international deals signed by CBS Consumer Products. The company, which handles worldwide L&M for various television brands and series, signed with Gary Gurmukh Sales …