World Screen

MONTREAL: Bejuba! Entertainment is teaming up with TELETOON Canada to develop a new live-action/CGI tween series based on the original book The Sherlock Legacy. The series, to be of the same name, is written by Terry Kalagian and writing partner …

This feature was originally published in the MIPTV 2010 issue of TV Real. “Science is now cool.” So says Richard Life, who should know. As head of acquisitions and co-productions for ITV Studios Global Entertainment, he deals every year with producers …

This interview was originally published in the MIPTV 2010 issue of World Screen.   With 45 TV channels and 31 radio stations in 11 countries, the RTL Group is Europe’s largest broadcaster. Every day, more than 200 million viewers across …

LONDON: Angelo Rules, CAKE Entertainment’s second co-production with France’s TeamTO, has been picked up by Germany’s SUPER RTL. The 78×7-minute 3-D animated comedy is aimed at 6- to 11-year-olds. The series has already secured sales to Turner Broadcasting’s Cartoon Network …

This interview was originally published in the MIPTV 2010 issue of World Screen.   Long before the term “wherever, whenever viewing” became popular, HBO was anticipating its subscribers’ wants and needs. It pioneered on-demand television and multiplex channels as well …

KUALA LUMPUR: ESPN STAR Sports is launching the 24-hour sports news channel ESPNEWS on Astro in Malaysia. Delivering content from local, regional and international sporting events, ESPNEWS features highlights, scores, updates and comprehensive information. The channel’s layout features four main …

UNIVERSAL CITY/LONDON: The subscription movies-on-demand service PictureBox in the U.K. has picked up the rights for a package of more than 30 films, including Match Point and La Vie en Rose, from Icon Film Distribution. PictureBox is available in the …

PHILADELPHIA: The 24-hour preschool channel Sprout is set to launch its own high-definition feed this September. Sprout HD will simulcast with its standard-definition channel. Programming for the grid includes hits like Sesame Street, Barney & Friends, Thomas & Friends and …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC has announced three series pickups for the 2010-11 season: the dramatic thriller The Event, the comedy Outsourced and the romantic anthology series Love Bites. The Event is a conspiracy thriller starring Jason Ritter (The Class). He stars …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A new ruling by the Federal Communications Commission will allow pay-TV providers to disable the output connections on subscribers’ set-top boxes in order to prevent the duplication of new-release VOD titles. The FCC motion was in response to …