World Screen

LOS ANGELES: At the AFM Breakthrough Entertainment is slated to premiere the first footage from Cas & Dylan, a dramatic comedy. Produced by Montefiore Films, Cas & Dylan stars Richard Dreyfuss and Tatiana Maslany. The movie tells the story of a doctor who is dying. Cas & Dylan, which was filmed on …

LOS ANGELES: The syndicated game shows Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! have been renewed by the ABC Owned Television Stations Group through the 2015-16 season.  This agreement takes Wheel of Fortunate through its 33rd season and Jeopardy! through its 32nd. Pat Sajak and Vanna White, the co-hosts of Wheel of …

NEW YORK: Barnes & Noble’s soon-to-launch NOOK Video will feature content from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and NBCUniversal, among other licensing partners.  NOOK Video will offer digital movies and TV shows on the new NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ as well as other devices through free NOOK Video apps. …

BURBANK: The Walt Disney Company is to acquire Lucasfilm from George Lucas for $4.05 billion in a deal that includes the Star Wars franchise. Disney will pay about half in cash and issue approximately 40 million shares at closing. The deal encompasses Lucasfilm, the Star Wars franchise, and the company’s …

LOS ANGELES: Rich Ross, the former chairman of The Walt Disney Studios and president of Disney Channels Worldwide, has been tapped for the CEO post at Shine America, where he will succeed Carl Fennessy as of January 2013.  Fennessy previously signed to a two-year term for the Los Angeles post. …

UNIVERSAL CITY: The comedy 1600 Penn, the drama Deception and the reality series Ready for Love have been slated to premiere midseason on NBC, which is also bringing back Community in February.  The fate of Community had been somewhat uncertain, after many speculated that it would not be renewed, and …

NEW YORK: The billionaire investor Carl Icahn has purchased a 10-percent stake in Netflix, which led share prices in the media company to skyrocket.   Icahn expressed his beliefs that Netflix is undervalued. He indicated in a regulatory filing that he thinks the company should explore a sale or other …

NEW YORK: FOX Television Stations (FTS) has signed an off-net syndication deal for Charlie Sheen’s Anger Management starting in September 2014.  The Lionsgate-produced series completed its ten-episode run this summer on FX. As part of Debmar-Mercury’s deal with FX, when Anger Management met a certain designated ratings average over eight …

SCOTTSDALE: ABI Research is forecasting that in the over-the-top market, rental revenues will eclipse subscription revenues by 2014, generating $32 billion by 2017, up from a predicted $8 billion this year. “Connected CE and mobile devices continue to push consumer behavior towards newer forms of media distribution like OTT and multi-screen …

ATLANTA: David Clark, whose previous stints include The Madison Square Garden (MSG) Company and Fuse, has been appointed president of The Weather Channel.  In the role, Clark will oversee programming, strategy and operations for the network. This includes live and long-form programming. Clark joins the network from the MSG Company, …