Post-Super Bowl Sunday Shows for CBS
A special live edition of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will air immediately after Super Bowl 50 at 10pm ET on February 7, 2016, CBS announced on Wednesday. (…)
Boomerang Lands in Korea
Cartoon Network’s global kid’s brand and companion channel, Boomerang, will debut in Korea on November 14. The channel will be available in 15 million households on major cable and (…)
Liberty Global, Discovery Acquire Lionsgate Stake
Discovery Communications and Liberty Global will each pay $195 million for 5 million Lionsgate shares, giving each company 3.4%. John Malone, Discovery’s biggest shareholder and chairman of (…)
Distribution Agreement for Peace Point, Muse
Toronto-based Peace Point Rights and Muse Distribution International have signed an agreement making Peace Point the exclusive distributors for Muse’s content in Latin America. Featured scripted includes The (…)
Production Deal for Cisneros and Telemundo
Cisneros Studios, production house of Cisneros Media, has closed a deal with Telemundo for the production of “Ya Era Hora con Erika y Eduardo (It’s About Time with (…)
Up the Ladder: Shaftesbury
Jay Bennett has been appointed senior vice president, Creative and Innovation at Toronto’s Shaftesbury. In this newly created role, Bennett will be responsible for the company’s creative direction and innovation, (…)
NAB Rebrands CCW Event at “NAB Show New York”
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), producer of NAB Show and Content Communications World (CCW), is re-branding the CCW event (which VideoAge anticipated in our November issue). (…)
iEmmy Presenters Announced
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences unveiled its lineup of celebrity presenters for the upcoming International Emmy Awards. The ceremony, hosted by Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef, takes (…)
Winter Premiere Dates for Fox
Fox is releasing premiere dates for new ensemble comedy Cooper Barret’s Guide to Surviving Life (Jan. 3), animated satire Bordertown (Jan. 3), drama series Second Chance (Jan. 13) and (…)