LONDON: Atlantic Productions has inked a number of deals for its original factual programming, including multiple David Attenborough-led titles, with broadcasters around the globe. For its U.K. and Italian channels, Discovery Networks International snapped up Seven Wonders: Greece, along with Rome, Egypt Unwrapped and Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Boy King. David Attenborough's Conquest ...

UNIVERSAL CITY: Universal Cable Productions (UCP) and Syfy have teamed up for the development of Channel Zero, a horror anthology series from Nick Antosca (Hannibal, Friday the 13th) and Max Landis (Chronicle, American Ultra). Antosca is set to write the script, while Landis serves as producer. Both will head up ...

MUMBAI: Viacom18 is expanding its Colors brand beyond the Hindi-language general-entertainment space with the launch of the English-language service Colors Infinity. Colors Infinity and its sister HD channel will be available across DTH and cable platforms, parent company Viacom18 says. Content is being licensed from Warner Bros. International Television Distribution, ...

BURBANK: Christine M. McCarthy has been named senior executive VP and chief financial officer, while Kevin Mayer has been appointed senior executive VP and chief strategy officer of The Walt Disney Company. McCarthy will now oversee investor relations, corporate planning and control, tax, corporate treasury, corporate real estate, facilities, integrated ...

LONDON: African Movie Channel is set to be distributed on the new Lebara Play OTT service within Europe. The deal will give European subscribers unlimited access to countless hours of African cinema content, available 24 hours a day. Lebara Play can be viewed via PC, mobile app, tablet or set-top ...

BEVERLY HILLS: In a bid to boost its slate of original preschool content, Netflix is set to release three new animated series within the next two years. Due out in 2016 are Word Party, a vocabulary-building show from The Jim Henson Company, and Cheeky Little’s Kazoops! The 26×11-minute Word Party ...

BARCELONA: Planeta Junior has lined up a number of new broadcasters in Spain for series from the DreamWorks Animation catalogue, including All Hail King Julien. Planeta Junior, which reps the DreamWorks shows in Spain, has secured agreements with RTVE, TV3 (Catalonia), EITB (Basque Country) and TVG (Galicia). The new raft of ...

LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has teamed up with a trio of leaders in the high-end men's fashion industry to launch new merchandise celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Classic Thunderbirds brand. A deal with British designer Lou ...

BEVERLY HILLS: Genius Brands International (GBI) has picked up a pair of animated series for its upcoming Kid Genius channel, set to launch on Comcast’s Xfinity On Demand service in September. Those titles are Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? and Dennis the Menace, the latter based on the classic ...

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group (MTG) has entered into an agreement to purchase 74 percent of Turtle Entertainment, which operates under the ESL brand, for 78 million euros ($86.6 million) in cash. ESL’s online leagues and tournaments, including ESL One and Intel Extreme Masters, are among the biggest in the world, ...