World Screen

     VP, International & Co-Productions, Bavaria Media  What are some of your top properties for MIPTV?  We have a strong mix of MIPTV highlights consisting of quality TV event mini-series and TV-series. * Glamour & Greed (2 x 90’) * Voices …

STOCKHOLM: New formats on offer from Sparks Network include the work-place reality show Tourist Guides and the ice-skating competition series Battle of the Blades. Tourist Guides chronicles the everyday life of a group of tour guides and their guests in a …

PARIS: Europe Images International is to present a varied catalogue for MIPTV buyers that includes HD documentary series, dramas and animated shows for all ages. Animated offerings include Lulu’s Islands, for kids 4 to 6, and My Giant Friend, for …

BURBANK: In a deal brokered by Cookie Jar Entertainment’s teen and adult-programming division, Lucha Libre Mexican wrestling action will air in English on MTV2 and MTV Tr3s. The deal clinched by Cookie Jar Entertainment’s The Jar brings 52 weeks of …

VIENNA: Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) is highlighting the 26×26-minute Trick Factory, which presents children the secrets behind a host of magic tricks. Targeted at 3- to 10-year-olds, Trick Factory is produced by KidsTV in association with Story&Co for ORF and …

MEXICO CITY: At this year’s MIPTV, Televisa Internacional has a lineup of telenovelas, series, reality-show contests and more to offer buyers. In the telenovela genre, A Woman of Steel is a 150×1-hour HD title, also available as a format. Also …

SEOUL/BURBANK: Warner Bros. International Branded Services has signed a deal that brings WarnerTV to Korea via telco KT’s IPTV service QOOK TV, which reaches 1.25 million homes. WarnerTV rolls out in Korea as a VOD service, free of charge to those …

SYDNEY: Four of the new series in Beyond Distribution’s catalogue for MIPTV have been produced in house by Beyond Productions and Beyond Action: Stop.Rewind, Rush TV, Comedy School and a sixth season of MythBusters.   Stop.Rewind looks at futuristic ideas …

CUPERTINO: Ahead of the launch of Apple’s iPad tomorrow, a host of media companies, including Disney, MTV Networks and Discovery, have announced apps for the new device. Disney said yesterday that it would offer applications from all of its businesses on …

MIAMI: The bilingual channel GolTV has taken on the exclusive U.S. rights for the international soccer reality series Soccer Aces. The reality series will travel the world to look for up-and-coming soccer players who deserve a shot at the big …