World Screen

NEW YORK: Ahead of the AFM, Fernando Szew, founding partner and CEO of MarVista Entertainment, discusses expanding the company’s production of TV series and launching a division dedicated to providing content to digital platforms. WS: What has fueled the growth of your TV-movie slate? SZEW: It’s an area MarVista has …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC has ordered a new prime-time variety show based on the popular U.K. format Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, with the U.S. treatment to be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris. NBC ordered ten episodes from ITV Studios America, all of which will be filmed in front of …

LOS ANGELES: Hulu has extended its partnership with Viacom, securing thousands of episodes from Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV, VH1 and other networks for streaming. Part of the pact sees top titles from Nickelodeon being added to the Hulu Kids offering, allowing users to stream such series as The Ren & …

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK: New York Private Bank & Trust (NYPB&T) and Aperture Media Partners have created a new venture that will provide financing for filmed entertainment projects. The new company, which will operate under the name Aperture Media Partners, will offer a wide range of financing solutions for producers and …

SANTA MONICA: GSN has commissioned a 65-episode second run of the original game show Idiotest. Hosted by comedian Ben Gleib and based on an app game, the show gives two pairs of contestants the opportunity to face off in several rounds of rapid-fire questions that look deceptively simple, but whose …

ATLANTA: TBS has ordered a new scripted comedy pilot from The Daily Show's Jason Jones and Samantha Bee, based on their real-life family adventures.  The comedy follows a family as they take a road trip. Jones will star in the pilot. He will play the hopeful dad who hops in …

NEW YORK: Nigel Gaines has been upped from senior VP of finance to chief financial officer at BBC Worldwide North America, effective immediately. As CFO, Gaines is charged with supervising all financial operations at BBC Worldwide North America. He will work under Herb Scannell, the company's president. He will also …

NEW YORK: BBC Worldwide North America has broadened Nick Ascheim’s remit as senior VP of consumer digital to include management of the digital advertising sales team, and has also named Shaun Hekking VP of U.S. advertising sales for BBC Digital. Ascheim, who joined BBC Worldwide North America in 2011, has …

NEW YORK: BBC Worldwide North America has picked up the rights for Queen and Country, which has been announced as the final film from acclaimed director John Boorman. The rights are for North America only. Set in England during the early 1950s, Queen and Country follows the life of a …

ENGLEWOOD: Starz delivered a profit of $55.8 million in its third quarter, with revenue of $408.2 million, as subscriptions reached a new high. At Starz Networks, revenue in Q3 increased 2 percent to $327.2 million and adjusted OIBDA increased 3 percent to $109.9 million. The revenue gains were primarily a …