World Screen

CANNES: Zevo-3, the first animated children’s series from Skechers Entertainment, which produced the show in association with Moonscoop, has been presold in the U.S. to Nicktoons for a fall debut. The series originated as a comic-book franchise and evolved into …

LONDON: KidsCo and Your Family Entertainment (YFE) have signed a content deal for programming to air across the kids’ channel’s Western European feed as of May. Joining the KidsCo slate in Western Europe are The Enid Blyton Adventure Series, Enid …

TORONTO: Season four of the hit series Murdoch Mysteries from Shaftesbury Films has been renewed by Citytv in Canada and UKTV’s Alibi in the U.K.   ITV Studios Global Entertainment will continue its co-production relationship with Shaftesbury Films on the …

LOS ANGELES: Former Cartoon Network exec Finn Arnesen is to join Hasbro Studios to lead its international expansion plans. As senior VP of international distribution and development, Arnesen will manage Hasbro Studios’ global content sales, distribution, channel and program development …

CANNES: The British series The World at War is being re-mastered and re-released to global audiences on DVD and Blu-ray later this year through FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME). The restored version will be launched in September. It will be available as …

CANNES: Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) has picked up the exclusive worldwide distribution rights for more than 200 hours of motor sports programming, which are all available in HD. The programs, each with 16 9-minute episodes, have all had successful …

LONDON: Excluding the Middle East, the worldwide TV and home entertainment distribution rights for the preschool series Nan & Lili are now represented by Classic Media. Created for Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC), Nan & Lili is aimed at 2- …

CANNES: Among the documentaries Al Jazeera acquired at MIPDoc from CABLEready are Fire & Ice and Stunt Stars, while La Sexta went for the series Dominick Dunne’s Power and Justice. For its documentary channel, Al Jazeera also picked up CABLEready’s …

NEW YORK: BBC Worldwide has sold its preschool series 3rd & Bird! to Disney Channel in the U.S. for its Playhouse Disney block.     The show, aimed at 3- to 5-year-olds, is slated to launch in the U.S. in …

CANNES: NHK and Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC) are co-producing a new series, called Discover Science, which will teach kids about science through experiments. Production on the 26×14-minute show is being led by NHK Educational Corporation (NED), an NHK affiliate …