World Screen

NEW YORK: Hip Hop Global Media & Entertainment is planning to launch two new networks at NATPE 2013, Hip Hop 1TV and Hip Hop 2Movie. Hip Hop 1TV will be a 24-hour all hip-hop network. The service will feature daily and weekly shows, themed video segments and annual specials. Topics …

LOS ANGELES: The American Film Market (AFM) has unveiled the topics and schedule for its five-day conference series, which will take place as part of the event that runs from October 31 to November 7 in Santa Monica. The conferences will take place from 9:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. daily …

NEW YORK: Comedy Central Enterprises is a new business division that will focus on building the Comedy Central brand through consumer products, home video, CDs, digital downloads, publishing and live tours. Comedy Central Enterprises will bring together consumer products, home entertainment, records, live entertainment and publishing, which were previously independent …

NEW YORK: Syfy has renewed the competition series Total Blackout for a second season, comprised of 16 new episodes. In the show, contestants are placed in a room that is completely dark and they are tasked with performing several challenges. The winners are rewarded with cash prizes. Jaleel White (Family …

NEW YORK: Channels such as Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and TV Land may be dropped from the DIRECTV lineup if no new agreement is reached with Viacom by midnight tonight. Nearly 20 million DIRECTV subscribers would be without a total of 26 Viacom channels, including BET, VH1, CMT and Spike …

NEW YORK: A New York federal judge has sided with the broadcasters in the legal spat over DISH’s AutoHop feature, ruling that the case should be tried in California, as requested by FOX, CBS and NBC. DISH had asked a federal judge in New York to stop broadcasters from pursuing …

UNIVERSAL CITY: Comcast Corporation’s NBCUniversal has sold its 15.8 percent stake in A&E Television Networks for $3.025 billion to its joint-venture partners The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Corporation. Following the deal, the two companies will each own 50 percent of A&E. The amount will be paid in cash and also …

SHERMAN OAKS: ITV Studios America has entered into an overall agreement with One Louder Productions, founded by veteran TV exec Bob Kusbit. Kusbit previously served as the president of Maury Povich’s MoPo Productions and was the senior VP of production for MTV. He launched One Louder in 2002, and is …

BEVERLY HILLS: Vuguru and POW! Entertainment have produced a number of original series for the lineup of the premium YouTube channel Stan Lee’s World of Heroes. One example of the new programming is Stan Lee’s Super.Model, a scripted action comedy about two models-in-the-making who discover they have super powers after …

NEW YORK: The September 11 terrorist attacks was listed as the most impactful TV moment of the last 50 years, followed by Hurricane Katrina and the O.J. Simpson verdict, according to a survey conducted by Nielsen and Sony Electronics. To measure impact, Nielsen and Sony created a score for each event …