World Screen

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: E1 Entertainment’s new drama series Haven has begun production in Nova Scotia and is set for a premiere in the U.S. on Syfy on July 9, to be followed by a launch on July 12 on Showcase in …

MIAMI: The Telemundo Internacional telenovela Looking for Dad has launched on Farsi 1 in the United Arab Emirates in a 7 p.m. time slot. Looking for Dad tells the story of a sensitive young boy, who despite having the unconditional …

PARIS: The Transporter film franchise will serve as the basis for a new TV series from France’s Lagardère Entertainment and Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp, with a budget set at $4 million per episode. EuropaCorp created the original franchise, which, starring Jason Statham, delivered …

NEW YORK: Tentatively titled Hitmakers, a new elimination competition series for Bravo will feature undiscovered singer-songwriters who will compete to determine who’s ready for the top of the pop charts. Bravo is teaming up with True Entertainment and The Writing …

NEW YORK: Subscribers to Verizon’s FiOS TV service can now access YouTube directly from their television screens, along with hundreds of Internet radio stations. The Internet radio and Internet videos services are accessible via Media Manager, which already allows subscribers to …

TEL AVIV: Dori Media Group has signed a deal with Ongoing Group and CTN to produce its interactive cross-platform reality format uMan for Brazil, Portugal, Angola and Mozambique in Portuguese. uMan has been sold to 13 countries since its July …

NEW YORK: A&E Television Networks (AETN) has confirmed Nancy Dubuc‘s long-rumored appointment as president and general manager of Lifetime Networks, adding to her current responsibility for the HISTORY brands. In her new post, effective May 1, Dubuc succeeds Andrea Wong, who announced …

DOHA/LONDON: VSI Entertainment and Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC) are co-producing a second season of the HD CGI animated preschool series Everything’s Rosie. The first season is slated to launch on CBeebies this spring and the Arabic version will debut on …

NEW YORK: United Features Syndicate (UFS) and The E.W. Scripps Company have reached a deal to sell the Peanuts brand and related assets to Iconix Brand Group and the family of creator Charles Schulz for $175 million. As part of the deal, …

ATLANTA: TNT has ordered 10 episodes for a third season of Southland from Warner Bros Television and producer John Wells for a January 2011 debut. The critically acclaimed series ran for one season on NBC, was renewed and then canned before the …