World Screen

NEW YORK: Discovery Communications is among the partners on board for Sony's new cloud-based TV service PlayStation Vue. Discovery signed a deal with Sony Network Entertainment International to supply access to 18 networks and services, including all 13 U.S. channels and the digital entertainment offerings from Discovery Digital Networks and …

NEW YORK: NBCUniversal (NBCU) has entered into an exclusive comprehensive partnership with One Direction for the November 17 global launch of the pop band's latest studio album, Four. The agreement includes the band's first-ever U.S. network special, One Direction: The TV Special, which will air on December 23 at 8 …

WEST PALM BEACH: ION Television has set a February release date for its new original movie, the romance Meet My Valentine, produced by MarVista Entertainment. The title is due out February 6 at 9 p.m. as part of a Valentine’s Day-themed night, and will have an encore broadcast on the …

NEW YORK: AMC Networks' WE tv has unveiled a campaign to encourage viewers to watch the channel's shows within three days of the premiere date, offering up weekly prizes and one grand-prize drawing. Watch W/In offers incentives to viewers to watch shows live or within three days of the premiere …

LOS ANGELES: TVGN will officially become Pop on January 14 with a new on-air look and a programming lineup that includes Rock this Boat: New Kids on the Block. Focused on "celebrating the fun of being a fan," Pop launches in some 80 million homes with a lineup that includes …

LOS ANGELES: AXS TV in the U.S. has unveiled its 2015 programming lineup, which is set to feature live telecasts of music festivals such as Coachella, Stagecoach and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage. The entertainment network will kick off its planned 70-plus hours of music-event coverage in April with the …

BEVERLY HILLS: Production outfit Tomorrow Studios, an ITV Studios partnership with Marty Adelstein, has brought on industry vet Matthew Weinberg as its executive VP. Weinberg will manage and expand the company’s development slate, and will also identify and develop projects while helping to manage productions. Based at the Los Angeles …

LOS ANGELES: Hulu has given a straight-to-series order to Difficult People, a series from Universal Cable Productions (UCP), exec produced by Amy Poehler. The half-hour comedy is created by and stars Julie Klausner and Billy Eichner as best friends living in New York City, where their irreverent behavior lands them …

ATLANTA: TBS has ordered a 22-episode new season of Twentieth Century Fox Television's animated comedy American Dad!, which began airing on the channel last month after broadcasting on FOX since 2005. American Dad! follows the misadventures of Stan Smith, a CIA agent living with his wacky family in Virginia. It is …

ARLINGTON: PBS's winter/spring season will include an expanded Sunday night drama lineup in 2015 with 20 new Masterpiece hours, including Grantchester, Wolf Hall, Poldark, Indian Summers and a new season of Mr Selfridge. Sunday night drama in 2015 on PBS will include season five of Downton Abbey, beginning January 4. …