World Screen

BEVERLY HILLS: Televix Entertainment has taken on the broadcast and DVD distribution rights for the U.S., English-speaking countries and Latin America for Rubi and Abu: The Little Dinosaur from CHINAnimax.  The 52×6-minute preschool CGI series Rubi is currently available. Abu: …

PARIS/COPENHAGEN: Banijay International has sold three shows to Swedish broadcasters, all of which will be produced by company affiliate Nordisk Film TV. Banijay has scored renewals for two of its flagship formats, Construction Nightmares and Sold, with TV4. Construction Nightmares …

LONDON: Virgin1 has commissioned a full series of The Naked Office from Shine North. The original hour-long documentary aired in July 2009. The 6×1-hour series follows six very different struggling businesses as they attempt to get back on track by …

LONDON/MANCHESTER: Endemol Sport is producing a feature film on the English Premier League football team Manchester City called Blue Moon Rising. Endemol will handle the worldwide theatrical, TV and DVD distribution of the film, which will be shot using "Red" camera …

NEW YORK: In this video interview, Tim Kring, the creator of NBC’s Heroes, discusses his online initiatives for the series as well as his upcoming transmedia projects.   At the International Digital Emmy Awards at MIPTV last week, Kring was …

LOS ANGELES: DVR users who missed the last few minutes of the Madonna episode of Glee will have a second opportunity to watch the show, which FOX is rebroadcasting tomorrow night. The highly anticipated episode on Tuesday night featured some of Madonna’s greatest hits, …

NEW YORK: BBC Worldwide has promoted Gareth Williams, formerly the director of new programming, to senior VP of content and production for South America. Williams will be working closely with GP Media in Argentina and Mixer in Brazil, in which …

NEW YORK: Comedy Central has ordered seven further episodes of the animated comedy Ugly Americans, which has averaged 2 million total viewers over the course of its first season. The additional episodes will premiere this October. The series follows a …

SINGAPORE: The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) is boosting funding for television, film, animation, games, interactive media, publishing and music projects that have international appeal and can roll out on multiple platforms. At its annual Media Business Forum, the …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Channel has tapped Darlow Smithson Productions to produce three new engineering specials that spotlight Abu Dhabi and Dubai to be featured in its Megastructures strand. The new episodes will be aired as part of Megastructures internationally …