World Screen

LOS ANGELES: Hulu has secured an exclusive, multiyear licensing agreement to stream all seasons of South Park on its Hulu Plus subscription service. The deal, signed by Hulu and South Park Digital Studios, sees the entire South Park library become available for free on Hulu from now until the premiere …

NEW YORK: Dana Walden and Gary Newman will oversee a new business unit within Fox Networks Group, Fox Television Group, which combines Fox Broadcasting Company and 20th Century Fox Television. Newman and Walden will both report to Peter Rice, the chairman of Fox Networks Group. Their appointments take effect later …

DALLAS/LOS ANGELES: Otter Media, the newly named venture between AT&T and The Chernin Group, has acquired the arts and crafts video site Creativebug from Demand Media. Otter Media is focused on acquiring, investing in and launching OTT video services. Creativebug, founded by Jeanne Lewis and Julie Roehm in 2012, provides …

LOS ANGELES: Pivot has two new shows coming to its schedule in October, Welcome to Fairfax and Freestyle Love Supreme, in addition to greenlighting an original docuseries, The Operatives, and a third season of the Josh Thomas comedy Please Like Me. Pivot will launch the new half-hour series Freestyle Love …

NEW YORK: The martial arts drama Badlands (working title) has been given a straight-to-series order from AMC, which has also unveiled new details about the highly anticipated upcoming series Better Call Saul. Badlands is very loosely based on the classic Chinese tale Journey to the West. It tells the story …

DALLAS: AT&T has signed a carriage deal with EPIX, debuting the movie service as a premium offering across its U-verse TV platform. As part of the agreement, AT&T will carry four new channels: EPIX, EPIX 2, EPIX 3 and EPIX Drive-In. The network airs thousands of film titles, including the …

SANTA MONICA: Seasoned TV exec Amy Thurlow has been appointed as the COO and CFO of dick clark productions. In her new position, Thurlow will work out of Santa Monica under Mike Mahan, the president of dick clark productions. Thurlow most recently served as the CFO and executive VP of …

ENGLEWOOD: The U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld a previous ruling to reject Fox Broadcasting Company's efforts to stop DISH subscribers from using two place-shifting features. The issue is with the DISH Anywhere and Hopper Transfers services found on DISH's Hopper Whole-Home DVR platform. DISH Anywhere uses Sling technology to …

LOS ANGELES: Charter Communications has launched the French-language entertainment channel TV5MONDE USA HD in Fort Worth, Texas; Los Angeles, California; and Reno, Nevada. July programming highlights on the 24/7 network include the films Shanghai Blues, Nouveau Monde, which tells the story of a man who must choose between moving to …

NEW YORK: Dave Duff, a seasoned sales and marketing exec, has become the VP of content distribution for the multiplatform network Revolt. In his new role, Duff is expected to increase sales and demand for Revolt across key markets and prospect systems. He is charged with leading the network's distribution …