World Screen

LOS ANGELES: Content Media Corporation is establishing a new film, TV and digital production and development company in partnership with Preferred Content.  The new venture is entitled Preferred Film & TV (PFT). Preferred Content founders Ross M. Dinerstein and Kevin Iwashina will collectively oversee the day-to-day operations, working closely with Content …

MONTEREY: TV station owners’ retransmission fee revenues could reach $5.5 billion by 2017 and surpass $6 billion by 2018, according to revised figures from SNL Kagan. This compares to the $2.36 billion forecast for this year. Previously, SNL Kagan had forecast that retrans fees would reach $4.86 billion by 2017. …

ENGLEWOOD: Michael Thornton has been promoted to the newly created role of executive VP of acquisitions, business affairs and legal at Starz Entertainment. Thornton’s new duties will include programming acquisitions and studio relations for the first-run output and library film content for linear channels and associated on-demand and online family of …

LOS ANGELES: CBS Corporation and Hulu have entered into a non-exclusive, multi-year licensing deal that adds a selection of library shows to the Hulu Plus subscription service. The deal takes effect from January 2013. It brings to the service such classic shows as Star Trek, I Love Lucy and The …

NEW YORK: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has lined up Regis Philbin to host the 40th International Emmy Awards, to be held November 19 in New York City. Philbin has been in the TV business for more than 50 years. He has served as host of LIVE! …

BETHPAGE/NEW YORK: Cablevision Systems Corp. and NBCUniversal have signed an extensive affiliation agreement that includes, among other terms, retransmission consent for NBC- and Telemundo-owned stations. The agreement sees NBCU’s portfolio of sports, news and entertainment broadcast and cable content continuing to be available to Cablevision TV customers. The pact also includes …

SANTA MONICA: The American Film Market (AFM), which wraps tomorrow, has reported a 6-percent increase in buyers and a 5-percent increase in the number of buying companies on hand at the event. A total of 1,616 buyers were recorded, compared to 2011’s 1,523 buyer attendance. There were also 35 more …

LOS ANGELES: Universal Cable Productions (UCP) is launching the newest chapter in the Battlestar Galactica franchise, Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome, on the Machinima Prime online entertainment network as part of a three-tiered windowing strategy. The spinoff will debut exclusively on November 9 on Machinima’s premium channel. Each new chapter …

NEW YORK: For its third quarter, Time Warner reported net income of $838 million, compared to the $822 million posted a year earlier, as the growth in its cable networks more than offsets declines in its film and TV entertainment business. Revenue was down slightly, by 3 percent, to $6.84 billion. …

NEW YORK: For the quarter ended September 30, net profit at News Corporation came in at $2.23 billion, compared to the year-ago figure of $738 million. Total segment operating income for the first quarter was $1.38 billion, compared to the $1.39 billion reported a year ago. Operating income improved at …