http://worldscreen.com This is a RSS feed related to tvusa en-us Sat, 9 Jan 2016 16:27:53 GMT http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54316 NEW YORK, January 8: Connected-TV penetration in the U.S. has more than doubled from 26 percent of U.S. households in 2013 to 53 percent this year, according to a new report from Frank N. Magid Associates and ad software platform TubeMogul. Fri, 08 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54316 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54310 NEW YORK, January 8: Time Warner Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Bewkes has extended the term of his employment contract another three years, through 2020. Fri, 08 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54310 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54313 MONTEREY, January 8: Broadcast station mergers and acquisitions (M&A) volume in the U.S. reached $486.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to SNL Kagan. Fri, 08 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54313 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54325 NEW YORK, January 8: The digital edition of the new TV Latina Distributors Guide provides essential information on the leading content distributors in Latin America, the U.S. Hispanic market, Iberia and other territories. Fri, 08 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54325 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54324 LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, January 8: Discovery Communications has revealed a slew of programming highlights for its bouquet of networks, including the flagship Discovery Channel, which is airing its first true-crime series, Killing Fields. Fri, 08 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54324 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54322 NEW YORK, January 8: The sixth season of the international hit drama Game of Thrones is due out on HBO this spring, leading a roster of original scripted programming and documentary premieres in 2016 for the premium network. Fri, 08 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54322 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54317 ATLANTA, January 8: New original series, reboots of classic brands and returning favorites are some of the programming highlights Turner has planned for its multiplatform brands TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network and truTV this year. Fri, 08 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54317 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54323 PASADENA, January 8: Starz has announced three new drama projects with Latino themes, including an original series co-produced with Televisa USA. Fri, 08 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54323 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54312 BURBANK, January 8: Disney Junior and Disneynature are premiering the short-form series It’s UnBungalievable, an extension of the animated series The Lion Guard, which continues the story of the classic movie The Lion King. Fri, 08 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54312 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54309 NEW YORK, January 7: World Screen Newsflash recaps some of the biggest news to come out of the international media industry last year. Thu, 07 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54309 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54299 BEVERLY HILLS, January 7: Amid its bankruptcy restructure, Relativity Media has acquired Trigger Street Productions, the entertainment production company owned and operated by Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti, with both execs now assuming leadership posts at the studio. Thu, 07 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54299 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54298 LAS VEGAS, January 7: During Reed Hastings's keynote at CES, the co-founder and CEO of Netflix unveiled that the service is now live in more than 190 countries and has added Arabic, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese to the 17 languages it already supports. Thu, 07 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54298 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54304 PASADENA, January 7: A new anthology series exploring American cult personas is coming to A&E, in a partnership with Jake Gyllenhaal, Nine Stories Productions and A+E Studios. Thu, 07 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54304 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54302 PASADENA, January 7: Continuing to bulk up its scripted series, HISTORY has slated two new dramas: Knightfall, produced in partnership with Jeremy Renner, and the military-themed SIX, from A+E Studios and The Weinstein Company. Thu, 07 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54302 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54297 LOS ANGELES, January 7: HBO has renewed the Emmy-winning comedy series Girls for a sixth and final season, which is slated to begin airing next year. Thu, 07 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54297 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54308 LONDON, January 7: National Geographic Channel (NGC) has signed on for its first scripted program, Blood Ivory (working title), while also unveiling its plans for the film event series One Strange Rock and the six-parter Original Sin: How Sex Changed the World. Thu, 07 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54308 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54305 PASADENA, January 7: Comedy Central has renewed its hit shows Inside Amy Schumer and Broad City, while greenlighting the new limited series Time Traveling Bong. Thu, 07 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54305 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54303 PASADENA, January 7: TV Land has placed a pair of comedy orders, for a third season of Younger from Darren Star and a pilot from Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone. Thu, 07 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54303 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54300 SANTA MONICA, January 7: Hulu has picked up the exclusive SVOD rights for the A+E Studios-produced breakout drama series UnREAL. Thu, 07 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54300 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54280 NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO, January 6: 21st Century Fox is set to acquire a minority stake in Osterhout Design Group (ODG), a leading augmented and virtual reality and smartglasses designer and manufacturer. Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54280 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54283 WASHINGTON, D.C., January 6: National Geographic Global Networks has put in place the senior team for programming, development, planning and marketing to work under CEO Courteney Monroe. Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54283 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54281 BEVERLY HILLS, January 6: Adding another original series to its lineup, Netflix has ordered ten episodes of the psychological thriller Gypsy from Universal Television, Working Title and writer Lisa Rubin. Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54281 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54279 LOS ANGELES, January 6: Alcon Entertainment has hired Laura Lancaster, who previously served as executive VP of drama programming at NBC Entertainment, as president of its TV group. Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54279 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54274 LOS ANGELES, January 6: After 13 seasons on the hit CBS procedural NCIS, Michael Weatherly has decided to exit the show. Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54274 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54287 SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER, January 6: Lionsgate has signed a multiyear overall agreement with Jonathan Karsh, an Emmy-winning director and unscripted television producer, who will develop and produce alternative programming through his new Shiny Objects Entertainment banner. Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54287 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54286 NEW YORK, January 6: HBO Documentary Films has acquired the U.S. TV rights for Jim: The James Foley Story, focused on the life and death of the frontline journalist who was killed by ISIS. Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54286 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54282 LAS VEGAS, January 6: The digital network ESPN3 is being integrated into Sling TV's Best of Live TV package, in a first for the pay-TV industry. Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54282 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54275 BURBANK, January 6: Disney and ABC have partnered to raise awareness about the importance of reading with the nonprofit First Book through the Magic of Storytelling campaign. Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54275 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54258 LOS ANGELES, January 5: For the fourth year in a row, Game of Thrones has come in as the most illegally downloaded TV show, according to TorrentFreak. Tue, 05 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54258 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54260 COLOGNE, January 5: RTL Germany has set a mid-January launch for RTL International, a brand-new pay-TV channel that will roll out worldwide in HD. Tue, 05 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54260 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54266 SUNNYVALE, January 5: Yahoo has shuttered its streaming service Yahoo Screen, which last year aired the sixth season of the cult series Community after picking it up from NBC. Tue, 05 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54266 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54265 LENEXA/NEW YORK, January 5: Following a new carriage agreement, AMC Networks' channels such as AMC, BBC America and SundanceTV will continue to be available to customers of the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC). Tue, 05 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54265 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54259 NEW YORK, January 5: Syfy has launched an innovation hub tasked with creating multiplatform content mixing emerging technology such as 3D printing and virtual reality with the network’s original programming. Tue, 05 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54259 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54273 LOS ANGELES, January 5: E! Entertainment has picked up a third season of the original drama series The Royals from Lionsgate and Universal Cable Productions. Tue, 05 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54273 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54256 BEVERLY HILLS/GLENDALE, January 5: Netflix and DreamWorks Animation (DWA) have expanded their current multiyear agreement, making the streaming service the global home—outside of China—to a number of new original series produced by the studio, including one from acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. Tue, 05 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54256 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54262 NEW YORK, January 5: The Ellen DeGeneres Show, which NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations had picked up through the 2016-17 season, has been given an additional extension through the summer of 2020. Tue, 05 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54262 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54268 SILVER SPRING, January 5: This month, Acorn TV is due to debut the Irish Western miniseries Dominion Creek, along with the British supernatural thriller Midwinter of the Spirit, the Canadian cop show 19-2, and the season finale of the Aussie period drama A Place to Call Home. Tue, 05 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54268 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54245 NEW YORK, January 4: The Walking Dead was the top TV show on Twitter in 2015, according to Nielsen's year-end lists, which also ranked the AMC zombie drama as the most time-shifted program and number one entertainment series with adults 18 to 49 and 18 to 34. Mon, 04 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54245 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54247 DALLAS/LOS ANGELES, January 4: AT&T has begun carrying Entertainment Studios’ portfolio of networks a year after being hit with a $10 billion racial discrimination lawsuit. Mon, 04 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54247 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54253 NEW YORK, January 4: Syfy has ordered a second season of The Expanse, a science-fiction series that takes place 200 years in the future, from Alcon Television Group. Mon, 04 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54253 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54250 ALBUQUERQUE, January 4: U.S. general-entertainment channel REELZ is set to start the year with several returning series, along with new specials and premieres. Mon, 04 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54250 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54254 SINGAPORE, January 4: Warner TV has rolled out on Singtel TV in high-definition, bringing U.S. entertainment content, including the upcoming series DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, to viewers in Singapore. Mon, 04 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54254 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54248 EL SEGUNDO, January 4: The anthology drama series Full Circle has been renewed for a third season written by Jorge Zamacona (The Last Ship), with the ten new episodes set to air exclusively on Audience Network via DIRECTV and AT&T U-verse. Mon, 04 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54248 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54243 BURBANK, January 4: The one-hour final episode of the Emmy Award-winning animated adventure-comedy series Gravity Falls is set to air on Disney XD on Monday, February 15. Mon, 04 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54243 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54234 LOS ANGELES, December 22: Actor and filmmaker James Franco is slated to executive produce a remake of the TV movie Mother, May I Sleep With Danger? for Lifetime in honor of the cult classic’s 20th anniversary. Tue, 22 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54234 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54236 KNOXVILLE, December 22: Scripps Networks Interactive has rolled out its lifestyle channels on Apple TV. Tue, 22 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54236 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54239 BUDAPEST, December 22: AMC has secured carriage deals with three operators in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), effective January 1. Tue, 22 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54239 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54232 SUNNYVALE/STAMFORD, December 22: NBC Sports Group has renewed and expanded its digital-content partnership with Yahoo Sports, extending the duo’s reach beyond desktop to mobile and Tumblr. Tue, 22 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54232 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54240 SILVER SPRING, December 22: American Heroes Channel (AHC) is set to air the special Justice for MLK: The Hunt for James Earl Ray on January 17. Tue, 22 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54240 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54230 MIAMI, December 22: Telemundo and NBC Universo have slated early-January premieres for specials featuring Mexican singer Gerardo Ortíz. Tue, 22 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0500 http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/54230