World Screen

LONDON: Starting this month, KidsCo will be aired in Malta and Gozo on the the cable provider Melita’s Digital Medium tier 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The channel will air programming such as The Wiggles, Inspector Gadget, …

LOS ANGELES: The four-day LATV Fest, which takes place from July 12 to 15, is to host participants from a cross-section of industries, boasting top-level TV and digital content producers, development executives, agents, advertising and brand executives, software solutions, technology …

STRASBOURG: The 12 main European broadcasting groups—operating a total of 534 channels—saw their revenues fall just 1.9 percent in 2009, as compared with 3.3 percent in 2008, according to new data from the European Audiovisual Observatory. The Observatory analyzed the …

HONG KONG: Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE) has named Ilissa Howard as the director of North and South Asia CNE and Asia Pacific production development. Based in Hong Kong, the newly created post will see Howard take on responsibility for the …

LONDON: Five and Fiver have picked up the terrestrial and digital TV rights, respectively, for the kids’ series K9 from Park Entertainment. Bob Baker and Dave Martin created the original character of K9 the robot dog for the 1978 Doctor …

LONDON: E1 Entertainment is launching a fully branded entertainment environment, featuring rides, inspired by the Peppa Pig property, to debut in the U.K. from Easter 2011 at Paultons Park in New Forest, Hampshire. Peppa Pig World will offer seven themed …

LONDON: UKTV’s Home channel continues its relationship with Ty Pennington of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition fame through the commission of a fourth series featuring the U.S. star. Tentatively titled Ty Pennington’s Homes for the Brave, the new 5×1-hour series, produced …

LONDON: The Walt Disney Company EMEA has picked up the CGI preschool series The Hive for broadcast on Playhouse Disney across 150 territories. The Hive, from The Hive Enterprises and distributed by Bejuba! Entertainment, is being produced by Lupus Films, …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has signed up Brecrest as the first official licensee for the preschool property Wibbly Pig, set to develop a line of apparel. Brecrest’s apparel range, aimed at kids aged up to 3, will include daywear, nightwear, bodysuits and …

NEW YORK: The original scripted drama series The Glades, previously titled Sugarloaf, is to make its debut on July 13 at 10 p.m. on A&E Network. The police procedural is set in the fictional town of Palm Glade, Florida. The …