World Screen

DALLAS: The international research firm Parks Associates reports that 59 percent of U.S. broadband households want access to on-demand YouTube content through their pay-TV service. The firm finds that more than 80 percent of viewers interested in YouTube go for the free, ad-based offering. This means that few are willing to …

NEW YORK: The digital editions for World Screen, which includes a report from Elizabeth Guider on the major Hollywood studios, TV Latina and TV Niños are now available. World Screen Hot Topic: The major Hollywood studios continue to generate solid licensing fees from their broadcast clients and are now eagerly …

BEVERLY HILLS: The pirate adventure Black Sails (working title), from executive producer Michael Bay, has been given a straight-to-series order by Starz. The original series takes place 20 years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic Treasure Island. Eight episodes have been ordered for a first season, which is slated to …

NEW YORK: Eric Karp, the head of licensing for the Americas at Moshi Monsters creator Mind Candy, is joining Lima Sky as its chief licensing officer. Lima Sky is the creator of the Doodle Jump mobile game sensation. The iOS development studio and publisher is dedicated to creating entertaining, innovative …

NEW YORK: Watch clips and access detailed information on numerous new shows by visiting WorldScreenings.com‘s dedicated Screening Room for the L.A. Screenings. WorldScreenings.com allows you to search for a show by company, title, keyword, genre and duration. Clips can be watched in wide-screen and full-screen modes and you can create …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBCUniversal has exercised an option to sell part of its 15.8-percent ownership in A&E Television Networks to joint-venture partners Disney-ABC Television Group and Hearst Corporation. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Comcast Corporation’s NBCUniversal has exercised an option whereby A&E Television Networks has to …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: The third season of Haven, an Entertainment One (eOne) production co-commissioned by Shaw Media in Canada and globally via Universal Networks International, will feature Bree Williamson (Gossip Girl, One Life to Live) joining the cast. Williamson will play psychiatrist Dr. Claire Callahan. Dr. Callahan becomes a close …

NEW YORK: Last year TV Film International added productions and formats from Chilevisión to its catalogue, and will now be presenting new titles from that slate at the L.A. Screenings.  This brought to the company’s catalogue the telenovela Mujeres de lujo, which has already garnered success in the U.S. Hispanic …

NEW YORK: Two of the year’s biggest box-office hits, The Avengers and The Hunger Games, are set to make their TV debut on EPIX. Marvel Studios and Paramount’s The Avengers grossed $200.3 million in the U.S. in its opening weekend. Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games grossed $380 million at the North American …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC has added five shows to its roster, including J.J. Abrams’ new thriller Revolution and a single-camera comedy from Glee creator Ryan Murphy, The New Normal. Murphy, who is also behind FX’s American Horror Story, directed the pilot from a script he co-wrote with Ali Adler. The show …